WXRLDFXCKER: WFKR (Album Review)
- Lisa McLean
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
CASE FILE #002:
SUCCEEDED IN BLOWING MY HEAD OFF
Wxrldfxcker has made a statement. A terrifyingly fast, rage-infused, body-chemistry-altering statement.
WFKR is a series of short seismic transmissions that force a rapid increase in heart rate, tingling from torso to feet and constant gasping in disbelief. Or is it awe?
Salted with samples ranging from American serial killer Joseph Kallinger’s grandiose plan to become God, to Morpheus’ revelation of reality in The Matrix, to George Orwell’s final chilling warning to the world, this album is certainly screaming something with unapologetic animosity, unbelievable precision and immense group cohesion.
Matt Davenport’s machine-gun drums dominate beneath quick, sudden shifts as James Ludbrook deliberately tears the world apart with animalistic vociferations.
It feels as though every inch of the band’s intensity, technique and conviction is crammed into a few seconds, pushed to its absolute extreme, then replaced by an entirely new method of obliteration. On repeat. For the entire album.
Along with a surprising use of silence, “Blanket the Sun” slows down just in case I wasn’t paying attention, then builds back up like an emergency is imminent, luring the listener into a siren-esque soundscape that leads into nothing.
George Orwell once claimed to possess an ability to face unpleasant facts. Wxrldfxcker packages such facts into an album that feels like undistorted truth being drilled into the skull while simultaneously inducing euphoria.
WFKR was released on 18 February 2026 via Dead Set Records.
Check out the album on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.
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