HUMAN IMPACT
GONE DARK - CD

UPC: 689230027928
Label: IPECAC RECORDINGS
Format: CD
Release Date: October 4, 2024
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the sophomore release from the industrial-tinged hard rock band featuring Chris Spencer (Unsane), Jim Coleman (Cop Shoot Cop), Jonathan Syverson (Daughters) and E.C. Cooper (Unsane)

“This is more of a statement about how things are going in the world right now.” says Spencer. “Things were pretty shitty before. I think things may actually have gotten a little bit worse.”
“It’s just sort of the modern state of being, to me. From really a human perspective in terms of us being part of the masses, all of us together as one giant conglomerate of production and taxpayer bullshit, says Spencer. “I make a conscious effort to try to think of things in terms of ‘we’ and ‘us’ and what’s happening to us as a whole instead of just my stupid problems”

Human Impact, the laser-precision noise-rock alliance of Unsane frontman Chris Spencer and Cop Shoot Cop squallmaker Jim Coleman, have returned with Gone Dark, the band’s second full-length album. Gone Dark is not a cry from the darkness but a shout through the darkness, a robust proclamation of resilience and opposition in the face of impending apocalypse.

The Human Impact arsenal is more formidable than ever thanks to the addition of two more noise-rock veterans: bassist Eric Cooper (Made Out of Babies, Bad Powers) and drummer Jon Syverson (Daughters). Spencer had spent the 2020 Covid lockdown working on a cabin in the East Texas woods and would travel into Austin for informal jam sessions with the pair in the bass player’s garage. Friendly blasts through vintage Unsane songs would ultimately result in the rhythm section being fully absorbed into the Unsane and Human Impact lineups for their 2022 European tours.

Recorded with co-producer Andrew Schneider (Ken Mode, Cave In) in Austin’s Cedar Creek Studio, Gone Dark is a fiercer, tighter upgrade of Human Impacts’s taut grooves, brittle guitar shards, impassioned shouts and clouds of dystopic noise.

The band’s debut album had the unfortunate street date of March 13th 2020, the day the world shut down because of Covid. Even with that big hurdle, the band had a successful campaign that included additional digital singles and EPs, one that even raised money for those affected by the pandemic.

Fans Also Like: Unsane, the Jesus Lizard, Daughters, Cave In

TRACK LIST:

1. Collapse
2. Hold On
3. Destroy to Rebuild
4. Reform
5. Imperative
6. Disconnect
7. Corrupted
8. Repeat
9. Lost All Trust