Data Doom is the upcoming album from Frankie and the Witch Fingers. Los-Angeles based and self-described as a “pop punk” quartet, Frankie and the Witch Fingers have released three Data Doom tracks in preparation for the album’s September 1^st release.

Tackling big themes—such as “technological dystopia…creeping fascism…and a near constant erosion of humanity…” reads a Greenway Records press release —is a tall order but one that Data Doom seems up for. “Electricide”, track 3 of 10, does not beckon listeners, so much as it grabs us by the auditory lapels and throws us in headfirst. A rapid-fire opening (a la

Questions of technological takeover, synthetic realities, and our own complicity in a world soon out of our control, loom large.

“Communication Breakdown”) hails true to the band’s punk-rock roots but lyrics reveal far more contemporary concerns: “So go on, feed yourself/electric pesticide/and never question why/we live the illusion”. Questions of technological takeover, synthetic realities, and our own complicity in a world soon out of our control, loom large.

“Mild Davis” is an homage to Miles Davis himself and his 70s foray into electric music. It’s pure hard rock over unrelenting bass and head-banging percussion (and technologically anxious, lyrics-wise). The track ends with a wailing, distorted guitar solo in lockstep with a pounding rhythm section. “Futurephobic” is another late-70s punk track hewn close to its hard-rock roots. An accompanying music video features a deranged, cannibalistic Ronald McDonald as the band plays along on boxy, grainy televisions, past and future presented to us through a VHS lens while offering up insidious implications of technology and globalization.