Fire, by The Bug

Fire

by The Bug

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kool-aid19 brutally honest lyrics very refreshing.

Terence Kumpf Does Kevin Martin release anything bad? Nope. Just another killer Bug release with brilliant collaborators aka real maestros y maestras at work.

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2LP 2x 140g Translucent Grey Vinyl housed in red paper inners with a reverse board gatefold sleeve, 6mm spine. Product sticker & download code included. Art direction and design by Alex Digard.

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Yellow coloured CD housed a gatefold sleeve with product sticker. Art direction and design by Alex Digard.

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The Bug - ‘Fire’ 2LP Silkscreen Printed + 2LP 'Angels & Devils' [ZENBUNDLE275-1]
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1 x - 2LP [1x 140g yellow vinyl and 1x 140g red vinyl] housed in red paper inners with an Exclusive & Limited Silk Screen printed gatefold sleeve with a 6mm spine. Product sticker & download code included. Art direction and design by Alex Digard.

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The Bug - ‘Fire’ 2LP Silkscreen Printed [ZEN275N]
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
2LP [1x 140g yellow vinyl and 1x 140g red vinyl] housed in red paper inners with an Exclusive & Limited Silk Screen printed gatefold sleeve with a 6mm spine. Product sticker & download code included. Art direction and design by Alex Digard.

Includes unlimited streaming of Fire via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.	The Fourth Day (feat. Roger Robinson) 01:59	buy track
2.	Pressure (feat. Flowdan) 03:48	buy track
3.	Demon (feat. Irah) 03:48	buy track
4.	Vexed (feat. Moor Mother) 03:52	buy track
5.	Clash (feat. Logan) 03:07	buy track
6.	War (feat. Nazamba) 04:38	buy track
7.	How bout dat (feat. FFSYTHO) 03:47	buy track
8.	Bang (feat. Manga Saint Hilare) 03:03	buy track
9.	Hammer (feat. Flowdan) 03:26	buy track
10.	Ganja Baby (feat. Daddy Freddy) 03:16	buy track
11.	Fuck Off (feat. Logan) 03:27	buy track
12.	Bomb (feat. Flowdan) 04:46	buy track
13.	High Rise (feat. Manga Saint Hilare) 04:22	buy track
14.	The Missing (feat. Roger Robinson) 04:33	buy track

about

Kevin Martin’s FIRE is the first solo full-length album under The Bug moniker for seven years and could not be better timed, or more needed. The third exhilarating part of the incendiary urban triptych that began with 2008’s ‘London Zoo’ via 2014’s 'Angels & Devils' - is fourteen tracks that immolate the synapses and cinematically take you from arcing evocations of lockdowned city-scapes to swooping deep-focus close-ups of Martin’s psyche.

for Martin, the album is both a response to the unique circumstances of the past year but also a chance to reflect his own journey from reclusive sound-obsessive to family man. It’s the Bug’s best yet, possibly the most ferociously realised and immensely moving music Martin has ever made, and still touches on those initial cravings and impulses that first propelled ‘London Zoo’ into your world like a pipe bomb through your letterbox. It’s a HUNGRY record in all senses.

“I've always been addicted to the physicality and intensity of sound: I started The Bug because I wanted to make music for a soundsystem I had in storage, and the live experience of The Bug has always been something I wanted to reflect on record” Martin says. “I’m always asking - how can I ramp this up MORE? How can I get people more out of control? For me a live show should be unforgettable, should alter your DNA, or scar you for life in a good way. ‘WHAT the FUCK?’ is the reaction I want - insane is a good reaction especially at a time when there’s so much control in how people consume music and are pacified culturally”.

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released August 27, 2021

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The Bug is the only producer who can bring in the likes of Liz Harris (of Grouper), Copeland, Miss Red, Gonjasufi, Flowdan, Justin Broadrick (Godflesh/Jesu), Mala, Death Grips, and Warrior Queen and make it seamless. End times need a soundtrack to prep for what's above and below, and this is it. ... more

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