{"id":21173,"date":"2023-07-20T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=21173"},"modified":"2023-07-16T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:06:41","slug":"new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If not for the occasional reference to modernity, Life Strike appear to come straight out of the postpunk\/new wave scene of 1980s UK or the pop underground scene of New Zealand from the same era. Early R.E.M. and The Chills come to mind as well when listening to the latest LP by the Melbourne three-piece. Then again, Life Strike have a sci-fi feel to it in terms of mood and themes, so they may in fact be time travellers from four decades ago, who knows. I think they describe their sound as apocalypse pop, which I think is very cool. That also applies to how I&#8217;d rate <em>Peak Dystopia<\/em>: very cool, with no shortage of exceptional songs.<\/p>\n<p>Peak Dystopia is out now on Stable Label (Australia) and Bobo Integral (Rest of the World).<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=774030761\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2706595714\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobointegral.bandcamp.com\/album\/peak-dystopia\">Peak Dystopia by Life Strike<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=774030761\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=642131589\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobointegral.bandcamp.com\/album\/peak-dystopia\">Peak Dystopia by Life Strike<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=774030761\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2030344354\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobointegral.bandcamp.com\/album\/peak-dystopia\">Peak Dystopia by Life Strike<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\nAdd to wantlist: <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestrike.bandcamp.com\/album\/peak-dystopia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp <\/a>|| <a href=\"https:\/\/lifestrike.bandcamp.com\/album\/peak-dystopia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobo Integral<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If not for the occasional reference to modernity, Life Strike appear to come straight out of the postpunk\/new wave scene of 1980s UK or the pop underground scene of New Zealand from the same era. Early R.E.M. and The Chills come to mind as well when listening to the latest LP by the Melbourne three-piece. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,9],"tags":[598,463,4244,4245],"class_list":["post-21173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indie-pop","category-indie-rock","category-jangle-pop","tag-album-review","tag-bobo-integral","tag-life-strike","tag-stable-label"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia - Add To Wantlist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia - Add To Wantlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If not for the occasional reference to modernity, Life Strike appear to come straight out of the postpunk\/new wave scene of 1980s UK or the pop underground scene of New Zealand from the same era. Early R.E.M. and The Chills come to mind as well when listening to the latest LP by the Melbourne three-piece. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Add To Wantlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/add.towantlist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-20T05:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ATW-Sticker.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"992\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"638\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Niek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@addtowantlist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@addtowantlist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Niek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Niek\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eced66fc647e4014327d03cf570b056e\"},\"headline\":\"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-20T05:51:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":164,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Album Review\",\"Bobo Integral\",\"Life Strike\",\"Stable Label\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Indie Pop\",\"Indie Rock\",\"Jangle Pop\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/\",\"name\":\"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia - Add To Wantlist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-20T05:51:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/20\\\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Add To Wantlist\",\"description\":\"Music worth exploring\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Add To Wantlist\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/ATW-Sticker.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/ATW-Sticker.jpg\",\"width\":992,\"height\":638,\"caption\":\"Add To Wantlist\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/add.towantlist\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/addtowantlist\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/addtowantlist\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/addtowantlist.bsky.social\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eced66fc647e4014327d03cf570b056e\",\"name\":\"Niek\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/31a5943ad1cd13f439d27d5c33b9f323e2c30b7f595722fa0e4e4263b15e5a01?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/31a5943ad1cd13f439d27d5c33b9f323e2c30b7f595722fa0e4e4263b15e5a01?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/31a5943ad1cd13f439d27d5c33b9f323e2c30b7f595722fa0e4e4263b15e5a01?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Niek\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/Addtowantlist.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/addtowantlist.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/niek\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia - Add To Wantlist","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia - Add To Wantlist","og_description":"If not for the occasional reference to modernity, Life Strike appear to come straight out of the postpunk\/new wave scene of 1980s UK or the pop underground scene of New Zealand from the same era. Early R.E.M. and The Chills come to mind as well when listening to the latest LP by the Melbourne three-piece. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/","og_site_name":"Add To Wantlist","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/add.towantlist\/","article_published_time":"2023-07-20T05:51:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":992,"height":638,"url":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ATW-Sticker.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Niek","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@addtowantlist","twitter_site":"@addtowantlist","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Niek","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/"},"author":{"name":"Niek","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eced66fc647e4014327d03cf570b056e"},"headline":"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia","datePublished":"2023-07-20T05:51:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/"},"wordCount":164,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Album Review","Bobo Integral","Life Strike","Stable Label"],"articleSection":["Indie Pop","Indie Rock","Jangle Pop"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/","url":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/","name":"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia - Add To Wantlist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-20T05:51:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/new-album-life-strike-peak-dystopia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New album: Life Strike || Peak Dystopia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/","name":"Add To Wantlist","description":"Music worth exploring","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#organization","name":"Add To Wantlist","url":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ATW-Sticker.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ATW-Sticker.jpg","width":992,"height":638,"caption":"Add To Wantlist"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/add.towantlist\/","https:\/\/x.com\/addtowantlist","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/addtowantlist\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/addtowantlist.bsky.social"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eced66fc647e4014327d03cf570b056e","name":"Niek","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31a5943ad1cd13f439d27d5c33b9f323e2c30b7f595722fa0e4e4263b15e5a01?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31a5943ad1cd13f439d27d5c33b9f323e2c30b7f595722fa0e4e4263b15e5a01?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/31a5943ad1cd13f439d27d5c33b9f323e2c30b7f595722fa0e4e4263b15e5a01?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Niek"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/Addtowantlist.com"],"url":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/author\/niek\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21173"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21178,"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21173\/revisions\/21178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}