Gallery: El-P Blasts Drone-Filled Dystopia on Cancer for Cure
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*A decade after his prescient solo debut* Fantastic Damage *spoke dystopian truth to post-9/11 power, El-P's* Cancer for Cure *arrives to monkeywrench the march of Generation Drone.* Photo courtesy Timothy Saccenti
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Cancer for Cure'*s brilliant "Drones Over BKLYN" arrived last year as a single for Adult Swim, shortly before this fan video dropped and drones started scaring the crap out of U.S. citizens.*
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The Empire Strikes Back*'s iconic probe droid reboots as a tiny drone crushed by predatory reality in* Cancer for Cure*'s second official promo.*
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Cancer for Cure*'s ballsy first official promo is, ahem, shocking. But it's still "the real funny" to El-P.*
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*The moon means madness for a marooned astronaut in* Cancer for Cure*'s final official promo.*
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*El-P brings the dystopian noise of* Cancer for Cure*'s "Stay Down" to Letterman, and gives shout-outs to late, great cultural influentials MCA and Maurice Sendak.*
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*El-P's Gitmo-minded video for* I'll Sleep When You're Dead*'s "Smithereens" is bloodily galvanized by enhanced interrogation and* Star Trek*'s red alert.*
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*El-P and Trent Reznor's animated avatars are saved from death dives by the flyest army on the block in* I'll Sleep When You're Dead*'s "Flyentology."*
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*For the love of God, keep running! A decade later, the post-9/11 Boy Scouts of* Fantastic Damage*'s "Deep Space 9mm" are more armed and dangerous than ever.*
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*Abusive robots become domestic terrorists in* Fantastic Damage*'s harrowing "Stepfather Factory."*
