Ima Robot - Search and Destroy
Ima Robot - Search and Destroy
Ima Robot - Search and Destroy
Ima Robot - Search and Destroy
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Nearly two decades after it was lost to time, Los Angeles dance-punk phenomenon Ima Robot has unearthed their long-hidden LP, Search and Destroy, set to release on November 14. The record resurfaces as a crystalline snapshot of the iconoclastic quirk that defined their brilliance and kept them one of LA’s great secrets. The title track and lead single, “Search and Destroy,” is out today. Pre-order the first limited edition pressing of ‘Search and Destroy’ on 180g, translucent yellow, eco vinyl by Good Neighbor Co.
Fronted by Alex Ebert, with multi-instrumentalist Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Scott Devours on drums, Oliver Goldstein on keys & synth, Filip Nilolic on bass and Tim Anderson on guitar, Ima Robot built their early reputation as one of Los Angeles’ most unpredictable live acts of their time. Their shows were stuff of legends - wild, messy, often bloody, always wholly alive. That raw electricity became the band’s signature: punk energy stitched into a quilt of genres and unfiltered emotion.
Before their major-label debut in 2003, the group’s early demos circulated like contraband, hundreds of tracks traded by devoted fans drawn to their reckless experimentation and unflinching vulnerability that persists to this day. Two decades later, Search and Destroy returns to those roots. The unearthed record is laced with irreverent ferocity, electronic static, guitars that scrape yet shimmer where industrial synths ripple beneath a high-voltage tension.
