"Annihilator is dense and well-constructed, with an outstanding production, and it proves to be a wonderfully melancholic and all-around intriguing listen. Annihilator, which was recorded amid the most frantic days of the Covid-19 crisis, tackles themes of despair, nihilism and self-destruction, and sees Revolution Above Disorder reaching a new high point. - Destroy//Exist
"Somewhere out there, Trent Reznor and Oliver Ackermann are taking notes. The song is brilliantly conceived..." - The Revue
Psychedelic and psychotic, adventurous and antagonistic…this is classic Revolution Above Disorder" - The Big Takeover
"‘Annihilator’ is a febrile, organic slab of brooding, atmospheric goth pop which prowls in the half light with a delicious intensity. The waves of cold vibrant synths unfold underneath White’s disconnected and louche vocals: studied and enigmatic, haunting and ominous with chilling lyrics that have a post-apocalyptical foreboding...The result has a heady dynamism under its relentless gothic groove." - Backseat Mafia.
"...stunning and sonically enthralling" - Amplify Music Mag.
"The message seems to call for radical change to erase the woes of greed, failed romance and ‘meaningless’ pursuits. However, by creating such attractive music, White nullifies the very nihilism he presents." - Synthbeat
"Stephen Nicholas White dives off the deep end, into the dark side, with not much more than a Gary Newman synth, one dark piano note and a sound drum pattern laid down by ACTORS's drummer Adam Fink...Circa 1980 is totally back alive and kicking it seems" - WoNo Magazine
"Revolution Above Disorder create another disquieting synth heavy anthem in the vein of Suicide/Jesus Mary Chain/Black Rebel Motorcyle Club" - The Ginger Quiff
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lyrics
Don’t let me go to pieces
Don’t ever wash your hands of me
Don’t wanna live forever
It’s meaningless
So hold on to your money
Take it to the grave with you
Greediness is ugly
And meaningless
Meaningless
The needle in the haystack
I couldn’t find the words to say
Just looking for some action
Is meaningless
Meaningless
The same old conversation
The same old stupid jokes
The same old twisted faces
They’re meaningless
Meaningless
All I want, Annihilator
All I need, Annihilator
All I want, Annihilator
All I need, Annihilator
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credits
released May 25, 2022
Track 1 produced and mixed by Jason Corbett at Jacknife Sound, Vancouver BC.
Track 2 remixed by Jagz Kooner, London
Track 3 remixed by Noise Baby, Berlin
All tracks mastered by Mark Gardener, OX4 Sound, Oxford
Annihilator was written and performed by Stephen Nicholas White.
Additional guitar by Mat Durie.
Drums by Adam Fink (ACTORS/Artofact Records).
Shakers by Josiah Webb (Magic Shoppe/Little Cloud Records)
Cover art and photograph by Stephen Nicholas White.