AUS!Funkt Release New Surprise EP 'Hey! I See You'

Toronto-based art-disco/post punk/electro quartet AUS!Funkt have released a surprise new EP called 'Hey! I See You''.

The new 4-track collection is out today and follows-on from their debut album 'Turn To Rust', released in June this year. Get your copy here.

Rejecting the lyrical and musical excesses of rock music, AUS!Funkt combines the groove of electronic music with the subversive aggression of post-punk. The lyrics, spoken and sung, provoke the mind with their realism and repetition. Electronic beats seduce the body into movement, freeing it from its torpor. On top, the guitar spurts out clouds of noise, while the bass supplies the melody. AUS!Funkt assaults the senses and uneases the mind while you dance to its unsettling disco beats.

Check out the EP's tracklist and stream it below.

Hey! I See You EP Tracklisting:

1. Prologue (Shallow)

2. Hey!

3. Epilogue I (What Else Is On)

4. Epilogue II (The Dream)

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AUS!Funkt Release Debut LP 'Turn To Rust', Air Video For Title Track

Toronto-based art-disco/post punk/electro quartet AUS!Funkt have released their highly-anticipated debut album 'Turn To Rust'.

The record is out today (June 15) and features some tracks from previous EPs and 5 new tracks, 61 minutes of pure post-punk/dark disco/electro funk/psych-goth/techno-surf magic. Get your copy here.

Rejecting the lyrical and musical excesses of rock music, AUS!Funkt combines the groove of electronic music with the subversive aggression of post-punk. The lyrics, spoken and sung, provoke the mind with their realism and repetition. Electronic beats seduce the body into movement, freeing it from its torpor. On top, the guitar spurts out clouds of noise, while the bass supplies the melody. AUS!Funkt assaults the senses and uneases the mind while you dance to its unsettling disco beats.

The band have also aired the video for the album's title track "Turn to Rust" featuring Prince Amponsah. "Prince is an incredible actor/artist, who was lost both hands and was severely burnt in a devastating house fire. His personal story perfectly aligns with the atmosphere of the video and the message of the song – moving away from something that once was and embracing what is and what is to come, no matter how hard that is. And here he is in our video in all his amazingness." They said.

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for "Turn to Rust", below.

Turn To Rust Tracklisting:

1. Set Yourself Free 

2. She's Right Behind (Radio Edit)

3. Berlin Basement

4. Where's My Empathy

5. Information YEAH!

6. Give Me Fun

7. Socialized (Radio Edit)

8. Matter Of Interpretation 

9. No Claim 

10. Turn To Rust 

11. Take Your Sense Back (Extended Mix)

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Watch: AUS!Funkt Premiere New Single/Video "Information YEAH!"

Toronto-based art-disco/post punk/electro quartet AUS!Funkt have premiered the video for their catchy new single "Information YEAH!".

The song is taken from their brand new EP 'Post-Stagnation', out today (January 14). Get your copy here.

The song conjures the computer-nerd New Wave idiosyncrasies of DEVO or Talking Heads, and brings in some dark, dance-y New Order elements. Then, as soon as the listener has become accustomed to that particular vibe, the song morphs into a driving ’90s techno hypnosis with energetic female vocals. It’s both a journey and a mishmash of all the elements that have led us here, and even though it’s overlapping and trippy, it’s ultimately a ton of fun.

Both the single and the EP were written and recorded prior to the pandemic, spanning from 2017 to 2019. But the band felt that now was the perfect time to release it, especially considering how relevant the message is to the current state of affairs.

“’Information YEAH!’ hits all the keywords that marked this last year and a half: information, regurgitation, constant negation, no inspiration, indoctrination, suffocation and many other ‘-ations’ that we struggled with as a band,” AUS!Funkt says. “But, at the same time, the whole world did as well. It’s not that these things did not exist before the epidemic hit, it’s just that they became much more palpable in the time of crisis.”

As an EP, Post-Stagnation is an exploration of and a journey through many sounds, from the minimalist post-punk of “Signal To Noise” to “She’s Right Behind,” a dark, pulsating psych-rock jam that examines the distrust and fear of our own minds. “Take Your Sense Back” is a call to reclaim a sense of purpose, a sense of moving forward, and a sense of making sense.

Watch/listen below.

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