You know times are heavy when even people who embrace discomfort like electropunks Adult. get pulled down. But from nadirs both social and personal, the Detroit duo have finally reemerged with their first new album in four years.
Dedicated to the late Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb — a friend, collaborator and the greatest industrial vocalist of all time — the just-released Kissing Luck Goodbye is Adult. not simply resurfacing but reasserting themselves as masters of pop severity. As usual, they wield minimalism not as a facet of style but as a weapon. In fact, the new work stomps with fresh kick.
Making it a full night of dancing at the edge of the abyss will be Florida-gone-L.A. art chameleons Donzii and hard Virginia darkwaver The Treasury.
6 p.m. Friday, April 17, The Social, foundation-presents.com, $22.
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This article appears in April 15-21, 2026.
