R.M.F.C 'Ecstatic Strife b/w Golden Trick' 7"

Rejoice in mortality, finitude and change ‘Ecstatic Strife’ and ‘Golden Trick’ are two songs from R.M.F.C following their debut LP Club Hits, recorded at home in Sydney in the winter of 2025. The adapt listener familiar with the RMFC ritual will hear Buz has extended hands across the Tasman. There is a luscious brilliance to this single embraced which recalls the best of NZ post-punk, which is to say Buz agrees with “lovers of The Fall”.

The first tenant of The Ritual Music Freedom Corp involves an openness to change. In the short time between its inception and early offerings, Buz developed his own distinct sound. Club Hits indicated songwriting maturity, and the tracks we have here represent a further development.

In place of a dead-eyed portrayal of the sterility of modern life, Buz celebrates ecstatic strife, the joy of conflict, the joy of change. Laced with sister Emma Brophy’s spirit sax, bright and extravagant layers of guitar attest: all will change and nothing will change. Life feeds on life and as a body grows in complexity so does the need for greater and greater sacrifices: 100 psychic horses couldn't hold disguise: as though by design. But they know to be born is a death wish.