By Keith Walsh
From Mexico City comes something colorful, unique and exciting. Descartes a Kant just dropped the video for “Raindrops Of Poison,” the new single from their brand-new album After Destruction. As a concept album focused on the traumatic reactions to a life overladen with signs and symbols but all too infrequent meaningful interaction, “Raindrops Of Poison” portrays the anxiety of relational dysfunction, wrapped in a titular metaphor which may be about the toxicity of environmental devastation.
Sandrushka Petrova is a compelling front person, capturing one’s attention with slashing guitar work and her energetic, spastic vocal performance. Ana Cristina Mo is on guitars, Leo Padua plays drums and Memo Ibarra plays bass (and perhaps Ibarra is an ironic pseudonym, unless it’s just a coincidence that there’s a Mexican American superstar with the same name. The video is directed by Persia Campbell.
The sounds of Descartes a Kant are melodically angular and lyrically poetic and intelligent, hearkening back to the quirky punk of the early 1980s with a social conscious that satirizes our present 21st century dilemma and often the politics around family and gender relations. Smart messages and skilled, playful musicianship abound in the tunes of their catalog. Since their 2007 debut album Paper Dolls, Descartes a Kant have been concerned with presenting social issues with kitsch and humor that is a welcome antidote to the many too serious narratives in punk rock.
Check back soon for a review of After Destruction and maybe an interview with Descartes a Kant.
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