{"id":21772,"date":"2026-07-31T07:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21772"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:58:15","slug":"pig-an-american-ideal-of-beauty-new-single-from-dirt-box-ep-out-in-september-to-coincide-with-north-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21772","title":{"rendered":"PIG : ‘An American Ideal Of Beauty’ – new single from ‘Dirt Box’ EP out in September to coincide with North American tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK industrial glam maverick Raymond Watts aka PIG<\/strong> has today released a brand new single, \u2018An American Ideal Of Beauty\u2019, on Metropolis Records. Co-written with old friend Marc Heal (Cubanate, C-Tec), who provides a co-vocal and synth work, the song also features G\u00fcnter Schulz (ex-KMFDM) sharing guitar duties with Watts’ regular songwriting partner Jim Davies (ex-The Prodigy and Pitchshifter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to distil and hone the sound of the current PIG album, \u2018Hurt People Hurt\u2019, so inviting my old partners in swine Marc and G\u00fcnter to join Jim and myself in the studio seemed the perfect blend of brutality and beauty to feed, fertilise and transmogrify the hog into Hogzilla,\u201d <\/em>Watts explains. “This new single was the first result of our work as a quartet, hammered in the heat of the anvil of hurt.\u201d

<\/em>A stunning video for \u2018An American Ideal Of Beauty’ directed by E Gabriel Edvy for Blackswitch Labs can be seen HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recording sessions produced three more new songs, each of which has been remixed by contemporaries that include Stabbing Westward\u2019s Chris Hall and  Combichrist. All eight tracks are collected on \u2018Dirt Box\u2019, an EP that will be issued on 4th September, a week after the commencement of PIG\u2019s \u2018Hurt People Tour\u2019 of North America. The 44 dates are to promote \u2018Hurt People Hurt\u2019, which received stellar reviews upon release in late May, and include performances in Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin as part of the Cold Waves XIV festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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