Perfect World

Perfect World is the debut studio album by the American industrial rock band Uniform. It was released on July 8, 2015 by 12XU and Alter Records. Produced by the band's guitarist and programmer Ben Greenberg, it features contributions from former Coil member Drew McDowall. Background and music The style on Perfect World draws heavily from industrial and hardcore, while featuring elements such as doom-metal guitar licks. Structurally, the tracks are reliant on the drum machine; a large portion of the record eschews traditional rock structures. PopMatters's Ian King has stated that the record "takes Throbbing Gristle’s abrasiveness, throws it in a pressure cooker with the cold, old-tech repetition of the Normal, and then slices through it all with lashing guitar distortion," while Raymond Cummings of Spin described it as "an inchoate stutter-shove equal parts post-punk and first-album Suicide with a pinch of debilitating noise tossed in for good measure." Singer Michael Berdan's vocals were compared to those of GG Allin, Jello Biafra and Lee Ving. During the recording, the band used a minimal setup with a single bass synthesizer and drum machine in addition to vocals: "a cheap ’80s preamp marketed to metal kids" was used for guitar tracks while the rhythm section was recorded with an Akai XR20 drum machine. Critical reception