The Bunker Tapes VOL III covers themes of loss from the pandemic and real world virus that took millions of lives from us. The opening track On The Run explores the world we wrap ourselves in to conform and fall in line. The world in which we struggle to find ourselves and as we fight against the system to be an individual yet still we easily are swayed into to towing the line and playing our part. We are constantly on the run from who we truly are.
About The Bunker Tapes Trilogy:
The trilogy see the start clearly rooted in early 90s Belgium and German EBM and Dark Electro with influences from Leather Strip, Skinny Puppy and Wumpscut. This is the music that SPANKTHENUN would've been making in the early 90s if the band existed back then. The second volume see's that influence move towards the early 2000's influences, adding in influences from new styles and sub-genre's of industrial music. The final volume finds itself showcasing a more refined yet minimal sound, that is clearly influence by more modern approaches to dark dance music. Less four on the floor and more musical, yet simple.
The trilogy of The Bunker Tapes was conceived in the early 2020s just as the reality of the global pandemic was first settling in. the band envisioned a future where everything is destroyed and hundreds of years from now archeologists are digging in the dirt and find the ruins of Glitch Studios where SPANKTHENUN has recorded all of their work. They discover a long lost collection of digital audio tapes in this underground bunker and call them The Bunker Tapes.
Tracks like “This Is Not A Drill” and “Desolation Unknown” explore the daily roller coaster of emotions and uncertainty that we dealt with each day during the pandemic. Tracks like “The Wretched” and “Madman” place the blame on our leaders and on ourselves for putting them in power.
The album wraps with “Fuck The Apocalypse” (a fan favorite of the live shows) which just says we have had enough. We know it is real, but it's time to rebuild and put it all behind us. Maybe we will get it right this time.
For the first two Bunker Tapes albums SPANKTHENUN enlisted the talents of the legendary Claus Larsen of Kulte and Leather Strip fame. The third album the enlisted the talents of Claus Larsen's right hand man John Mirland to mix and master the new album.
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