Neverlasting

"Aotearoa's own Bilders maintain their excess empathy and analogue feel with their latest offering, Neverlasting. Fronted by the voice/guitar of Bill Direen and blending psychedelia with biting commentary on abuse of power, alongside several guests, they explore the state of the world for the 90%. We've also got some very limited copies of the accompanying Apropos booklet."
- Flying Out

Bilders new album is a mix of psychic adventures, hard psychedelia and commentary with a bite. Bilders have always sung outliers with a heap of empathy—exploitation of migrants, unmitigated killing and the state of our depleted planet. This album maintains an analog feel with technical finesse as it casts a cold eye on uses and abuses of power in the higher echelons. It is pure Bilders. Surprise collaborations bring in fresh tangents of colour and emotional edge. “We are the Neverlasting renter-squatters of Earth exhausted”. 

The band is once again the voice/guitar of Bill Direen, bass of Matt Swanson and near everything else by Alex McManus, with guesting by former Bilders. It’s the same lineup as last year’s acclaimed Dustbin of Empathy, and the first ‘core’ Bilders lineup to remain constant for more than one album. The new compatibility shows. It’s an album that builds on current strengths.

Notable guestings include Athens Georgia lights Claire Horne of 1980s BBQ Killers, and Curtiss Pernice, guitarist of heavy vanguard Porn Orchard, with a snook-in from experimental and electronic prince Todd Gerber. Two never-released tunes by vintage Bilders (Stu Page and Greig Bainbridge) sit perfectly with the new material. This is quite simply the strongest Bilders album ever.

Tracklist

1. White Guitar
2. Shakin'
3. Tetrapak
4. Stancing
5. Blam Patrol
6. Libertalia
7. Danced
8. Hard To See
9. Neverlasting
10. The Magicians
11. Port
12. And That's All
13. Ladizon
14. The Virgin Boy
15. The Creatures