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Living Accessory

by TRACE AMOUNT

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Living Accessory is the latest offering of new music since Anti Body Language, the debut full-length album released in April 2022 via Federal Prisoner, a label founded by Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Black Queen) and visual artist Jesse Draxler. Since the release of Anti Body Language, Trace Amount has been on a heavy touring grind, bringing his blend of metal influenced harsh industrial far and wide performing over 80 shows in 18 different countries, and most of the US in 2022 and 2023. This included runs with White Ring, King Yosef, Lana Del Rabies, 3 weeks in eastern and northern Europe with The Soft Moon, and a full North American run with Greg Puciato, Escuela Grind, and Deaf Club. There have also been select NYC support shows during this cycle with Author & Punisher, Uniform, Body Void, Thou, Dreamcrusher, Thoughtcrimes, L.O.T.I.O.N. and others.

'Simulation Fetish' EP was mixed by Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly, whose mixing work goes beyond his own projects and includes credits with Youth Code, Kanga, Noise Unit, and more. Trace Amount will be releasing the tracks intermittently throughout another leg of international touring, featuring dates in Australia with Greg Puciato, Japan with King Yosef, and the United Kingdom again with Greg Puciato in January through March. The first track "Living Accessory" will hit all streaming platforms on Wednesday, January 10th. 

Thematically, these could be considered some of Trace Amount's most irritated and hostile tracks to date. The first single "Living Accessory" is yet another beef track about the trials and tribulations of being a freelance creative, working without a financial safety net, and battling soul draining corporate companies.  In early 2023, months before heading out for 3 weeks in Europe and quickly turning around for 5 weeks of touring in the USA, Trace Amount wrongfully had his instagram and facebook deleted by the gods above for promoting a song that had the word k*ll in it. "Artists are so shackled to social media because it's really the only platform you have these days, and that's what "m3t4pr1s0n3r" is all about. So much time and effort put into creating and building a platform just vanished like that. The algorithm bots can't tell the difference between art and hate and I paid the price." Gallagher adds. "Simulation Fetish", the title track, is an analogy for how badly everyone wants everything to go right for themselves, and that's just not how life works. Gallagher sarcastically adds, "Sometimes I'll throw a dollar or two on a well crafted thought out, NBA parlay to win hundreds, and just think damn if Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic hit triple doubles tonight I'm buying a new drum machine. It's pretty fucked up when you think about the root of this behavior. But hey, whatever you need to escape your reality."

The 'Simulation Fetish' EP will be released in its entirety before a yet-to-be-announced April USA tour on Friday, March 22nd. 

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released January 10, 2024
Mixed by Rhys Fulber
Mastered by Kris Lapke
Artwork by Trace Amount

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