The Flenser’s reissue is accompanied by a 75-page booklet detailing the dark and forgotten history of the Antiochean cult-an engrossing narrative that blurs the lines between liner notes, novella and academic text. Rhythmic, primal and expansive, Deathconsciousness offers a meditation on death, loss and unrequited love, with repeated listens revealing new layers of depth and meaning. The band commented, “Working with Flenser lets us keep things comfortable on our end, while also pressing enough copies to actually meet the need and not creating an artificially inflated collector’s market, as happened with some of our past releases.” At six years old, Have A Nice Life’s debut album, Deathconsciousness, is anything but new, save for its recent repressing courtesy of Enemies List and Flenser Records.The album secured an enduring fanbase in 2008 that has continued to unearth collections of alternate recordings and B-sides, amounting the debut’s reissue and subsequent revisitation here. But I picked up the vinyl from The Flenser during their holiday sale. It had been a bit since I heard 'Sea of Worry' and originally kind of pushed it aside as the sound differed from the huge shadow of the debut. Six years after its release the band followed up with 2014’s stunner The Unnatural World, and by then Deathconsciousness had become a force of influence and fanatic obsession. Waiting For Black Metal Records To Come in The Mail 9. bcb723 'Deathconsciousness' is such a touchstone album for me so Im pretty biased when it comes to Have A Nice Life. In 2008, Have A Nice Life released their now cult classic Deathconsciousness album to a whimper and critical non-interest. Who Would Leave Their Son Out in the Sun 7.
A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut 2. Now, longtime Have a Nice Life collaborator The Flenser reissues Deathconsciousness on colored vinyl with deluxe packaging. Deathconsciousness by Have a Nice Life, released 22 June 2016 1. In the meantime, Deathconsciousness has become a cult classic whose seamless blend of shoegaze, post-punk, new wave, industrial and noise influences inspires fanatic obsession. Have a Nice Life released their debut double-album Deathconsciousness in 2008 to a whimper and critical non-interest six years later, the band followed it up with 2014’s stunner The Unnatural World.