New Noise Designed by a Sadist

New Noise Designed by a Sadist is the sixth studio album by English industrial rock band Pop Will Eat Itself, released on 3 October 2011 by Cooking Vinyl. It was the band's first original studio album in over seventeen years, after Dos Dedos Mis Amigos (1994).

New Noise Designed by a Sadist
Studio album by
Released3 October 2011
LabelCooking Vinyl
ProducerGraham Crabb
Pop Will Eat Itself chronology
Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
(1994)
New Noise Designed by a Sadist
(2011)
A Lick of the Old Cassette Box
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Musical style edit

New Noise Designed by a Sadist is said to "bear all the hallmarks" of the band's heyday.[1] The best examples are said to be "Equal Zero", whose "buzzing guitar hooks, swirling techno bleeps, and clattering beats" have been said to "could have sat" alongside the band's 1994 collaboration with The Prodigy, "Their Law",[1] and "Wasted (Pt. 1)", whose "snarling vocals, industrial riffs, and scuzzy guitars" are reminiscent of John Lydon's electronica work.[1]

Track listing edit

All tracks composed by Crabbi (Graham Crabb); except where indicated

  1. "Back 2 Business"
  2. "Chaos & Mayhem" (Adam Mole, Fuzz Townshend)
  3. "Nosebleeder Turbo TV" (Adam Mole, Rice)
  4. "Captain Plastic"
  5. "Mask"
  6. "Equal Zero"
  7. "Oldskool Cool" (Mary Byker, Psychedelic Furs)
  8. "Seek & Destroy" (Adam Mole)
  9. "Disguise"
  10. "Wasted" (Part 1) (David Nahmani)
  11. "Wasted" (Reprise)

Personnel edit

  • Graham Crabb - vocals, guitar, programming
  • Mary Byker - vocals
  • Rob Holliday - additional guitar and bass
  • Tim Muddiman - bass
  • Jason Bowld - drums
  • Steve Monti - additional programming
  • Leif Kahal - guitar, end solo on "Oldskool Cool"
  • David Nahmani - additional programming on "Wasted" (Part 1)

References edit