MAGGOT MASS (TRANSPARENT SEAWEED)

Maggot Mass
, the fifth full-length album by
Pharmakon
on
Sacred Bones Records
, marks the
project's return after a five-year hiatus. This album signifies a departure from the original rules and
structures established by
Margaret Chardiet
for
Pharmakon
, evolving into a new form. It retains
the project's experimental roots in power electronics and noise while incorporating industrial and
punk influences.
The album stems from a profound disgust with humanity's dysfunctional relationship with the
environment and other life forms. It explores the loneliness resulting from this broken bond and
challenges us to acknowledge our personal and systemic responsibility.
What peace can we make with privilege when the true cost of our comfort is not measured in
dollars but in death' How can we reconcile with death when we impose the same hierarchical
structures on it that we do in life' Is life worth living in the isolation of this self-imposed species
loneliness'