RAGE IS A RITUAL by Mimi Satanistá is a caustic cut above the rest of the plastic posturing of industrial pop. Raw nerves were threaded through the glitched-out waves in the progressions as the spoken word poetry sees venom cascade over the frenetic pulse of the adrenaline in the track. If you love artists in the same vein as Poppy, ANGELSPIT, and Vicious Precious, RAGE IS A RITUAL will dig into your desire to unchain your rage, allow it to tear through your skin and reach an outlet as it flows through the fervour of the rhythmic volition.
As a Mancunian, I can’t help but adore the way Preston’s Mimi Satanistá allows her North West roots to pull through in the cadence of her spoken word verses; there’s no pretence or assimilation here—just one unreckonable force moving to the vanguard of the industrial glitchwave scene with her refusal to contort herself for commercial potential to the expense of her authentic expression.
The centrepiece of the upcoming TRANSMISSION_FROM_THE_VOID EP plays out like a signal to the deviant and displaced. After surviving a psychosis diagnosis in 2022, Mimi found her voice in the chaos and tore through the static to build a lifeline for anyone still submerged in white noise. This is outsider music at its most confrontational and redemptive.
RAGE IS A RITUAL is now available to stream on all major platforms; discover your preferred way to listen via the artist’s official website.
Review by Amelia Vandergast.