There’s a motherfucking heat advisory covering most of the country, and now we know why: FEVER 333 has dropped a ferocious new single called “New West Order,” and the hardcore and hip-hop hybrid crashes the streams today (June 18) via 333 Wreckords Crew / Century Media Records. The chaotic track might even be the first to name-drop Tupac and Morrissey in the same lyric, and that’s reflective of the song overall, as it celebrates the Southern California melting pot of styles, sounds, and cultures.
“There is an intersectional hot bed where the hood and hardcore meet,” says FEVER 333’s Jason Aalon Butler. “For pimp’s and punks alike to enjoy and celebrate their taboos. This intersection is beautifully represented in Los Angeles and ‘New West Order’ is an unapologetic exploration of my experience as a social variable growing up in LA that I think the world should also have the privilege of being exposed to. It is also the beginning of west coast gangster rock as a genre and a culture.”
Butler continues: “The beauty in disparity and these nuanced diamonds forged from the pressures we experience in alternative commodities (of all types against the background of our status quo) and, particularly, people of color. I spent about six years talking about how I felt about these governmental/societal systems and imbalances; now I’m going to talk about why I feel this way and the experiences that shaped such ideologies.”
This is a crusher of a tune. It should sound dope when FEVER 333 roll into Cambridge for a November 4 show at The Sinclair. In the meantime, maybe we’ll hear The 3252 rock it with pride outside an LAFC match.
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