{"product_id":"843563176917","title":"HOPE IS A LACK OF INFORMATION | MUSIC CASSETTE","description":"\u003cp\u003ePharmakon, Maggot Mass, the fifth full-length album by Pharmakon on Sacred Bones Records, marks the  project's return after a five-year hiatus. This album signifies a departure from the original rules and  structures established by Margaret Chardiet for Pharmakon, evolving into a new form. It retains  the project's experimental roots in power electronics and noise while incorporating industrial and  punk influences.  The album stems from a profound disgust with humanity's dysfunctional relationship with the  environment and other life forms. It explores the loneliness resulting from this broken bond and  challenges us to acknowledge our personal and systemic responsibility.  What peace can we make with privilege when the true cost of our comfort is not measured in  dollars but in death? How can we reconcile with death when we impose the same hierarchical  structures on it that we do in life? Is life worth living in the isolation of this self-imposed species  loneliness?  Humans often measure worth by accumulation-money, assets, objects-mistaking this for power  and influence. Western heritage dictates a hierarchy, placing humans at the top, separate from the  natural world. This delusion turns bodies into objects, land into property, and people into expendable tools.  If our value were instead determined by our contribution to the ecosystem, who could claim that  a human is more valuable than a maggot? Maggots recycle death into life, breaking down matter  and nourishing new growth. They transform into flies, pollinating plants and sustaining the Earth's  flora. In contrast, humans pollute rather than pollinate, with a select few profiting from exploitation at the expense of biodiversity and the well-being of many.  In grappling with grief and loss on both personal and global scales, Margaret sought solace in the  idea of rebirth through death, celebrating the beauty of regeneration through decay. However, she  had to confront the stark reality of the disconnection from the earth under oppressive systems.  Pharmakon is here imagining a path where the final act is to give back what was received from  creation, offering our lives and deaths to sustain existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VERBAL ABUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48276067614965,"sku":"843563176917","price":9.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/9325\/5669\/files\/4364981-3222520.jpg?v=1781681621","url":"https:\/\/thevinylvista.com\/products\/843563176917","provider":"Vinyl Vista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}