The World Will Decide is the second of two interconnected full-lengths by veteran culture jammers
Negativland, following 2019's stellar
True False. That album focused on the media's effect on our mental health and our perception of reality, and this one keeps those themes in mind while examining security and the various technologies created to supposedly make our lives easier. Similar to other
Negativland recordings, the album is an intricate collage of samples and original music, including sound bytes gathered throughout the group's multi-decade history, repeated and re-spliced to become both lyrical hooks and audio memes. The backing instrumentation melds knotty avant-rock with glitchy IDM; guest musicians this time around include frequent collaborators such as
Steve Fisk,
Steev Hise, and
Thomas Dimuzio, as well as guitarist
Ava Mendoza, oboist
Kyle Bruckmann, and both members of
Matmos.