
Released at the apex of the late-2010s LA underground post-punk and EBM revival, 'Hazing' arrives as Sextile's final statement before their 2019 hiatus. The band had evolved from occult-inflected post-punk on their 2015 debut into the synth-minimalist, EBM-adjacent territory of the '3' EP, drawing on DAF, Gang of Four, and industrial futurism. The video's voyeuristic underground imagery reflects the insular yet…
A key visual artifact of late-2010s post-punk/EBM convergence, 'Hazing' documents Sextile at their most synthetically minimalist—bridging the gap between 80s industrial dance and contemporary dark electronic. The rapid-cut, high-motion video aesthetic mirrors the band's machine-rhythm sonic…
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