{"id":11915,"date":"2025-04-03T19:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=11915"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:42:15","slug":"chicagos-evidence-of-a-struggle-blasts-sonic-warning-on-le-caution-ahead-of-sophomore-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=11915","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s EVIDENCE OF A STRUGGLE blasts sonic warning on &#8216;Le Caution&#8217; ahead of sophomore album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EVIDENCE-OF-A-STRUGGLE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11916\" style=\"width:658px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EVIDENCE-OF-A-STRUGGLE.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EVIDENCE-OF-A-STRUGGLE-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EVIDENCE-OF-A-STRUGGLE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EVIDENCE-OF-A-STRUGGLE-768x774.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Wonderfully cinematic, forward-thinking, open-minded, genre-hopping, rule-breaking&#8230; a symphony of sonics, subtlety and suppleness, and of the subverting of expectations&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>~&nbsp;<strong>Big Takeover Magazine<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bigtakeover.com\/recordings\/evidence-of-a-struggle-do-oa-self-released\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br><\/a><br><em>&#8220;&#8216;Keep It&#8217; is a relentless prowl of low rumbling concrete scattered with the glass shards of guitar and keyboards. The controlled chaos of the instrumentation is in slow motion&#8230; an epic feel, as well as the queasy sense of being drunk and disorientated in an dystopian landscape&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>~&nbsp;<strong>Joyzine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Fascinating&#8230; This melodic journey expertly fuses the innovative textures of art rock with the insurgent spirit of alternative music&#8230; a complex and immersive auditory universe&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>~&nbsp;<strong>Post-Punk.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;&#8216;The coolness of electric jazz, Krautrock-inspired post-rock and atmospheric art rock&#8230; a gripping and upbeat refined sound &amp; thoughtful arrangement with sonic prowess&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;~<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Amplify Music Magazine<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/40GTbXc\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br><\/a><br><em>&#8220;C<\/em><em>haotic and lovely<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em>&nbsp;~&nbsp;<strong>Punk Rock Beat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Evidence of a Struggle - Le Caution\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TI7i0SDhnOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago alternative rock outfit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Evidence0fAStruggle\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Evidence of a Struggle<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;presents their new single&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/lecaution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&#8216;Le Caution&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>, along with its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TI7i0SDhnOc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>dark and brooding video<\/strong><\/a>. This is the third offering from their sophomore album<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>out May 9 via&nbsp;<strong>The Glue Factory<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>The Orchard<\/strong>, following the lead tracks<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IF-wUvS9zXE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&nbsp;&#8216;Eddy Derecho&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VAYbbS9rqr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&#8216;Give Us A Kiss&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; some pushback against incentivized control by media, government, religion, business, pharma, banking and mass media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Centred around the musings of multi-instrumentalist W P C Simmons V a.k.a.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/therevbilly\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rev. Billy Simmons<\/strong><\/a>, &nbsp;Evidence of a Struggle has grown since releasing their 2023&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/evidenceofastruggle.bandcamp.com\/album\/evidence-of-a-struggle-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>eponymous album<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to also involve&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mwbattery\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Matt Walker&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><strong>(Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey, of1000faces, Garbage, Filter)&nbsp;<\/strong>on drums, synths and bass, and<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/johnairo.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>John Airo<\/strong><\/a>, who provides visual art for the projects. The new album is a lyrical departure from Evidence of a Struggle&#8217;s 2023&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/evidenceofastruggle.bandcamp.com\/album\/evidence-of-a-struggle-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>debut instrumental album<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With recording, mixing and final production by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordparker.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sanford Parker<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;(Voivod, Russian Circles, Yob, Eyehategod, Wovenhand, Darkthrone)<\/strong>, this album sees notable contributions by bassist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/alan-berliant-mn0001328066\/credits\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alan Berliant<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;(Chris Connelly, Mavis Staples, Saint Asonia)<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/themistersolomon\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Solomon Walker<\/a>&nbsp;(Liz Phair, Bryan Adams, Morrissey)<\/strong>&nbsp;with Grammy-nominated sound engineer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opusaudiolabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Chris Gelin&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><strong>(Smashing Pumpkins, Trent Reznor, RZA, Tom Morello, Korn)&nbsp;<\/strong>handling post-production and mastering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For &#8216;Le Caution&#8217; again, we wanted to utilize more AI-assisted generative video, as some would say \u2014 it&#8217;s a horrible curse, as others would argue it&#8217;s a surreal blessing,&#8221; says&nbsp;<strong>Rev. Billy Simmons.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>This video is another disturbing observation, a dreamlike looking glass into everything affecting us, traveling within the same currents as the other songs or videos are flowing, such as religion, money, war, inequity, inequality, pain, suffering, anger and, at the end of it all a visual statement of a profound change in our surroundings. Welcome back to the uncanny valley. Le Caution&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known for creating lush, cinematic, beautiful and sometimes chaotic compositions, Evidence of a Struggle spent most of 2024 weaving a dense tapestry of sonic, musical, lyrical and &#8220;visual observations\u201d of what\u2019s happening in our world now, in the past and what may happen in the future. Rooted within the chaos of our world, it is a loud and thoughtful sonic exploration of our unique ability as a species to harm, destroy, thoughtlessly marginalize, and discard with reckless disregard for anyone or anything outside of our immediate orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transforming into a musical chameleon at night, Rev. Billy&#8217;s day to day entails running&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/revbillyschopshop.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rev. Billy&#8217;s Chop Shop<\/strong><\/a>, a salon with a creative space that regularly showcases artists&#8217; work (declared by Chicago Reader as the city&#8217;s best gallery). The forthcoming &#8216;Eddy Derecho&#8217; album is a lyrical departure from Evidence of a Struggle&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/evidenceofastruggle.bandcamp.com\/album\/evidence-of-a-struggle-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>debut instrumental album<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Billy previously collaborated with notable artists, such as RCA artist&nbsp;<strong>K\u00e9<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Urge Overkill<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Touch and Go<\/strong>, and major labels like&nbsp;<strong>BMG&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Universal<\/strong>. In 2020, he returned to music in the midst of lockdown boredom, allowing him a continued creative outlet. Playing every instrument and recording his debut album at&nbsp;<strong>The Glue Factory<\/strong>&nbsp;studio, he then joined forces with Sanford Parker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Le Caution&#8217; is out now, available from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/giveusakiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>fine digital platforms<\/strong><\/a>, including&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7qylDw46zQBHzBndDuLOK9\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/evidence-of-a-struggle\/1655674027\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Apple Music<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/evidenceofastruggle.bandcamp.com\/album\/evidence-of-a-struggle-2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bandcamp<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;On May 2, The full &#8216;Eddy Defecho&#8217;&nbsp;album will be released on vinyl, CD and digitally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Keep up with Evidence of a Struggle<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/evidenceofastruggle.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Evidence0fAStruggle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Evidenceofastruggle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@evidenceofastruggle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Threads<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/revbilly.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BlueSky\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/revbilly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Evidenceofastruggle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7qylDw46zQBHzBndDuLOK9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/evidence-of-a-struggle\/1655674027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wonderfully cinematic, forward-thinking, open-minded, genre-hopping, rule-breaking&#8230; a symphony of sonics, subtlety and suppleness, and of the subverting of expectations&#8221;&nbsp;~&nbsp;Big Takeover Magazine&#8220;&#8216;Keep It&#8217; is a relentless prowl of low rumbling concrete scattered with the glass shards of guitar and keyboards. The controlled chaos of the instrumentation is in slow motion&#8230; an epic feel, as well as&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=11915\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chicago&#8217;s EVIDENCE OF A STRUGGLE blasts sonic warning on &#8216;Le Caution&#8217; ahead of sophomore album<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11917,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915\/revisions\/11917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}