A simmering sense of unease runs through Preoccupations’ latest full-length, ‘Ill at ease’, an album shaped by anxiety, reflection, and the slow accumulation of lived experience. Released as the band’s first statement since ‘Arrangements’ and their debut for Born Losers, the record refines Preoccupations’ stark post-punk language while drawing heavily from the textures and emotional weight of 1980s and 1990s underground music. The result is lean, restless, and deeply atmospheric, built on driving basslines, taut rhythms, and melodies that feel both familiar and unsettled.

Lyrically, ‘Ill at ease’ channels frontman Matt Flegel’s inner monologue with disarming clarity. Songs move between scorched inner landscapes, science-fiction solitude, and bitter observations of the present world, using repetition and imagery to mirror cycles of dread and reluctant hope. Preoccupations transform personal anxiety into something expansive and communal, balancing bleakness with moments of propulsion and release. Across eight tightly focused tracks, the band sound both sharpened and unguarded, embracing discomfort as a creative engine. ‘Ill at ease’ stands as one of Preoccupations’ most direct and emotionally resonant releases, capturing a band fully immersed in the tension between collapse, endurance, and the fragile act of moving forward.

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