CONCERT: Uniform / Psywarfare

Through an industrialized mill of grating guitars, warped electronics, war-torn percussion, and demonically catchy vocalizations, Uniform have bulldozed a path to the forefront of underground music. The trio – Michael Berdan (vocals, synths), Ben Greenberg (guitar, production), and Mike Sharp (drums) - delivered their most powerful offering to date with 2020s Shame. Full of neck-snapping riffs, guttural distortion, percussive maelstrom, anguished howls, and spiteful screams towards oblivion, Shame follows characters who walk a Sisyphean circle of existential malaise doomed to repeat yesterday’s vices without the promise of a better tomorrow. The lead-up to Shame proves just as intriguing as any of its characters’ exploits. Born in 2013, Uniform’s debut LP Perfect World (2015) was released on 12XU in the States and ALTER abroad. Following its success they migrated to Sacred Bones. Wake in Fright (2017) was followed by The Long Walk (2018) which solidified their place as purveyors of industrial…