The last installment of Street Sects' Gentrification series was around two and a half years ago. The prolific industrial act is back, with Gentrification V: Whitewashed releasing on May 20th, 2022 via The Flenser to conclude the series.
The new EP's b-side, History is Everyone's Fuck, is a dark, lyrically crisp industrial track that finds the pair at their most melodic, yet remaining connected to the intensity and unconventionality that characterizes not only their music, but their artistic vision as a whole.
"Eight years after the first installment, we are excited to finally bring the Gentrification series to its conclusion," Street Sects comment.
Recorded by Street Sects, Gentrification V: Whitewashed was mixed and mastered by Seth Manchester.
The band's statement mentions: "Now that your streets have been drained of all color and character, now that the last of the generational holdouts have been forced beneath the wheels, now that history has been torn up, rewritten, injected with fillers, plied with White Claw, passed around and shared by members of the board...are you sleeping more soundly?"
Band photo by Angela Betancourt