Guerrilla Ghost
Perpetually Sad Motion Machine

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"Perpetually Sad Motion Machine," Guerrilla Ghost: Duo Tron Jovi and Bad Graphics Ghost capture the outrage of our troubling times, tackling racism, gender double-standards, social media narcissism and other hot topics through grimy, explosive, and ultimately cathartic, hip-hop.

” Piet Levy

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If the Milwaukee hip-hop duo Guerrilla Ghost placed a backpage personal ad in 1990s, it might read something like this:

SWM and SBM with matching beards/glasses, approaching middle age, into Child Bite and seeking a better society. We enjoy long, windy walks on Lake Michigan. Straightforward and not afraid to collaborate.

I don’t know if they’re single in real life (probably not), and straightforward is putting it lightly — the chorus of the track “Rape Culture” repeats the line, “F*** your rape culture” several times, then ends with a resounding “F*** YOU.” Couldn’t have said it better myself… Another instant classic is “Anti-Social Media,” with the tagline, “It ain’t cool to commercialize depression.”

If you enjoy out-of-the-box hip hop like Obnox and Aesop Rock, don’t sleep on Guerrilla Ghost.

” Alternative Control, Jessie May

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In these politically turbulent times, some bands have been consciously taking steps away from offering biting social commentary in favour of giving their fans an escape through their music. But in times as testing as these, where just about everything seems to be getting worse, GUERRILLA GHOST are one artist who isn’t staying silent. The Milwaukee duo write politically-charged music that serves to hold up a mirror to a post-Trump America and interject their own views on a country becoming increasingly divided every day. Touching on everything from social media to rape culture, the band examine the current socio-political landscape through the lens of their gritty, electronic hip-hop. GUERRILLA GHOST have created an album that is lyrically stunning, at times steeped in melancholic despair, and not without its messages of hope. When living in these turbulent times take its toll on your sanity and feel like you have no escape, Perpetually Sad Motion Machine will give you a cathartic experience and may leave you with some hope for the future – even if just a shred. 7/10

” Elliott Musgrave, Distorted Sound Magazine

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Coming out of Milwaukee with their own flavor of genre-redefining socially conscious Hip-Hop. Reminiscent of leaders of the scene like Dead Prez, Common, Jedi Mind Tricks, Dilated Peoples, Dalek, Kool Keith, Death Grips, Jurassic 5 and others; the new album features guest spots by Carnage the Executioner, Lorde Fredd33 (New Age Narcissism), members of Fox Face (Dirtnap Records), and artwork by Child Bite’s Shawn Knight, Perpetually Sad Motion Machine is the next step in the evolution of one of the genre’s rising acts.

” ghostcultmag.com

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In the spirit of classic Definitive Jux releases, the Milwaukee industrial-rap duo Guerilla Ghost plays nervy, political hip-hop that’s completely unbeholden to genre conventions. On their new album, Perpetually Sad Motion Machine, the duo dials up the anger, assailing fascism, a broken health care system, patriarchy and rape culture (the latter on a furious track featuring Lindsay DeGroot of the Milwaukee punk group Fox Face).

” shepherdexpress.com

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Guerrilla Ghost's sophomore release is the band's first collaboratively created album and it shows. The band comes together with a hip hop album infused with their signature noisy aggression. Everything works here, from Chucks lyrics and delivery to Marty's beats and production.

” Craig Mertes, 91.7FM DJ "The Shape of Rock" show