{"product_id":"the-sick-man-of-europe-the-intermittent-signal-385708","title":"The Sick Man of Europe – The Intermittent Signal","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sick Man Of Europe's \u003cem\u003eThe Intermittent Signal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives as the project's second album, written in the shadow of a fast-shifting political climate and framed by a pointed Dostoevsky quote from \u003cem\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/em\u003e. Where last year's self-titled debut established the group's stark industrial pulse, this follow-up turns that tension into something more urgent: a record about resistance, community, and collective action in a fractured world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clearest shift is musical. The repetition is heavier, the rhythms more machine-driven, and the arrangements broader than the bare-bones economy of the first album, but there are also sharper melodic openings cutting through the static. Sources consistently describe it as more expansive, immediate, and immersive than its predecessor, while still holding to the band's uncompromising post-punk and industrial edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Intermittent Signal\u003c\/em\u003e also extends a busy run that followed the debut, coming after the \u003cem\u003eModerate Air Quality\u003c\/em\u003e EP and the live release \u003cem\u003eFade\/Form (The Bunker Tapes)\u003c\/em\u003e. Track titles like “Negative Stimuli,” “Chromophobia,” and “A Love Song” suggest the same tension between alienation and connection that drives the album's central idea: rejecting the attention economy in favour of genuine human contact and organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alternative-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePunk \u0026amp; Alternative\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e1.1 Negative Stimuli\u003cbr\u003e1.2 Chromophobia\u003cbr\u003e1.3 Apathy\u003cbr\u003e1.4 The Cadogan Gate\u003cbr\u003e1.5 The Intermittent Signal\u003cbr\u003e1.6 Eyeless\u003cbr\u003e1.7 Mindless\u003cbr\u003e1.8 Creatures of Habit\u003cbr\u003e1.9 A Love Song\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521336840257,"sku":"5586859","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/216890-the-sick-man-of-europe-the-intermittent-signal.jpg?v=1790120411","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/the-sick-man-of-europe-the-intermittent-signal-385708","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}