One Dimensional Creatures set to release seventh single

Oldham-based post-punk outfit One Dimensional Creatures will launch their seventh single, Freedom is Hate, dropping on streaming and download platforms on November 1.

Freedom is Hate is a high energy, gritty guitar fuelled track.

Its punchy verses rhythmically shout about the rot of neoliberalism in the UK.

The lies the ruling class don’t tell, the secrets they don’t keep.

The booming bass, energetic drums, and crunchy guitars drive the track forward with urgency.

The chorus hits hard with an added layer of heavy fuzzed-up guitars and a transition to a more grungy singing style.

The angry vocals soar over the web of distorted instruments peaking with the track’s title lyric, “Freedom is hate, you wouldn’t lie to us this way?” giving the chorus an almost anthemic, sing-a-long quality.

The track is driven forward with unrelenting energy and, with a length of less than two and a half minutes, is quite moreish.

Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ste Wilson said: “After performing one of our tracks about the 18th century economist Adam Smith at Bank Top Tavern in Oldham the sound engineer, Rhys Thomas, said I should read up on Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek if I wanted to know about the real origins of neoliberalism.

"He was right and this song came from it.”

The cover art is by Tony Leavy and features a photo she took in South Korea showing a toy clown trapped in a hanging cage.

The track will release with a music video on YouTube and the band will be playing it live in Manchester at The Peer Hat on November 11 supporting the alternative rock trio, SINKR.

One Dimensional Creatures will be playing Freedom is Hate at gigs from now on and the track will feature on their upcoming, yet to be named, debut album.

One Dimensional Creatures, aka One Dimes, are a four-piece alternative punk/postpunk/grunge band.

Their music features heavy distorted guitars with flowing edgy lead lines and driving beats.

Their punk-infused lyrics focus on UK politics and equality for all.

They have accrued over 150k Spotify plays, with tracks being featured on radio stations both nationally and internationally.

They draw on a range of influences such as IDLES, Soft Play, Sprints, Show Me the Body, Protomartyr, Nirvana, Idlewild, The Pixies, QOTSA, Joy Division, and Sonic Youth.

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