Australian trio Rat & Co. will release their new album Third Law on August 25. The theme of the album is a futuristic world in which a

rtificial intelligence has taken over. Ahead of it, they have unveiled a new track ‘Control.’

It compliments previous single ‘

Soldiers‘ and the appropriately named ‘A.I.’ by adding Joshua Delaney’s otherworldy vocoder vocal to the track. Whilst Boards of Canada are clearly an influence, the icy post-punk pop sound adds a fresh layer of auible foreboding, reflec

ting a world where the news just gets darker by the day, and within the music it’s a pos

t-apocalyptic feel; made even darker by the sense that there’s something to be feared

– but what?

Delaney’s lyrics hold an authoritative tone as they guide you through the track, despite the uncertain message… ‘unfold control, we are t

he other one, the other one, our hearts are cold, we’ll start again, just start again’.

Who knows what the coming weeks will hold? One thing’s for sure: assuming we haven’t descended into a nuclear winter, Rat & Co. will likely be providing the soundtrack for the coming months…