Benefits

One to watch, without a doubt. Benefits is a jolt of electricity from the north of England, signed to Invada Records. The duo blends club beats, tension, fury, and spoken word to cut straight into the wounds of the present — dissecting British society with razor-sharp clarity. Somewhere between noise-fueled rage and ambient textures, their second album, Constant Noise (released in March), is a critically acclaimed blast of sound that explores the fractures of a world in crisis with rare intelligence — never settling for easy answers. Their music is raw, political, and poetic, a sonic act of resistance that rejects complacency and redefines protest on its own terms. “Punk’s not dead — it’s dancing on the ashes of a burning world.” (Sound Of Violence)