PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED END OF WORLD (PIL OFFICIAL) PiL (Public Image Ltd) has returned with their first new album in eight years, End of World, an album that is anything but calm, collective, or predictable. With five UK top 20 albums, PiL has an illustrated career of mainstream success while questioning the conventions of what makes a pop chart song succeeds by using abstract time signatures, dub, punk, funk, and outspoken themes in lyricism. Fans of the band's singer John Lydon (formerly of Sex Pistols) will no doubt be drawn to the singer's charismatic choruses in the song “Car Chase”, an upbeat single and dance feel that keeps a punk rock song approach that we have come to be familiar with over this band's discography. The next single “Penge” is a rocking and almost militant death march anthem, brooding and hitting overhead with tenacity. The title track of this album displays a psychedelic guitar groove and a weird as hell synth melody, but also manages to structure chaos and political lyrics within the musical experience. While this album certainly detracts from conventional pop music ideals, PiL continues to push the envelope with grace and ingenuity, experimentation, and the listening experience. —Ryan McKern
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