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POST-PUNK DISCIPLINE COLLAPSING UNDER ITS OWN PULSE
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Bricklayer operates where convergence fails and convenience mutinies. The project moves through post-punk structure, allowing it to fracture into industrial pressure, jazz tension, noise spill, punk weight, and collapse.

With several members spread across different countries and time zones, Bricklayer exists through dislocation — a post-punk discipline collapsing under its own pulse.

The band’s debut Form Over Function / Flesh Over Form (SUB012) is a concept record tracing the awakening of BRK-1138, a worker engineered for compliance.

Born under license, BRK-1138 is absorbed into a tyrannical system and rebuilt as a filter trained to maintain order. For years, he performs flawlessly — until memory reasserts itself.

The album is accompanied by a graphic novel, Formwork, expanding the world of Form Over Function/Flesh Over Form and Elliott Wave’s story.

A cover art design featuring a human profile face outlined with scaffolding and construction elements, with a torn paper effect on the left side; text reads 'FLESH OVER FORM' and 'BRICKLAYER'.
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the band

Johnny Achtung — vocals, synths

Wolfgang Völker — guitars

A computer generated image of a man in a prison uniform with a badge reading 'BRK-1138' on the chest. A digital overlay with text in the background states 'Silence was his first language. The only one they let him keep.' and shows lines of code and graphical data, creating a futuristic or technological theme.
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Amy Winter — vocals, bass

ZZ Benway — drums, loops

For full press kit contact Bricklayer at hq@substatikrecordings.com