Rough as a piece of plywood and with a definite diy production feel, 'Generator' is lifted from the recent five track EP released by Wooden Crates, an Alaskan punk band. The song is an all out attack on the use of AI in art, more directly, the people who claim the creative credit for that "art".
Wooden Crates is "technically a one man band" with an anti-fascist viewpoint and is "armed with just enough musical ability to get by (barely)". That's not my opinion, those are his own words. An honest admission, which does play out with the demo-y quality of the recording - not in a negative way, beneath all the fluff and hiss, there's obviously real passion and the song does have a pretty good tune.
I just enjoyed the straightforward vocal/guitar /drums approach and the concise nature of the piece (three little ducks.....2 minutes 22 seconds) - honouring the true spirit of punk. It made me feel like an A&R man from the late 1970s, listening to a homemade cassette tape that had been sent through the post with a hastily scribbled note. A feeling AI will never be able to match!
LINK: woodencratesband
