{"id":16154,"date":"2025-09-19T07:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16154"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:43:34","slug":"assemblage-23-tolerate-new-single-by-us-industrial-synth-pop-from-null-album-out-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16154","title":{"rendered":"ASSEMBLAGE 23 – ‘Tolerate’ : new single by US industrial synth-pop from ‘Null’ album out in November"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US electro-industrial\/synth-pop artist Tom Shear<\/strong> has been releasing records as Assemblage 23<\/strong> since the turn of the millennium, when his debut album \u2018Contempt\u2019 sent shockwaves through a scene that was primarily dominated by European acts. Subsequent albums helped establish Shear as one of the leaders of the \u2018Future Pop\u2019 movement that took hold of underground dancefloors in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Tolerate\u2019 has been issued today as the first single from a brand new Assemblage 23 album entitled \u2018Null\u2019. \u201cThe song is about the increasingly common situation of having to cut people out of your life because they hold harmful beliefs,\u201d<\/em> explains Shear. \u201cEven tolerant people have a line that, once crossed, causes them to have to react this way. It is a topical portrait of our current political climate and the fallout it can have in our personal lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Tolerate\u2019 is typical of Shear\u2019s oeuvre in that what has separated Assemblage 23 from most other musically comparable acts from the outset has been the deeply personal and relatable manner of his song lyrics. Often broaching difficult subjects such as suicide and depression, he has gained a significant worldwide following and continues to perform around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out on 7th November, \u2018Null\u2019 is the tenth album by Assemblage 23, but the first since \u2018Mourn\u2019 in 2020. It will be pre-promoted with a UK tour in October immediately followed a one-off show in Germany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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