If the sound and intent of The Austerity Program can be encapsulated in a single lyric, it’s this line from “Song 26,” ostensibly the title track to the band’s 2010 EP Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn:  “BLESSING YOU WITH AN AMPLIFIER!”  It’s the cry of rage and the crash of a blunt object, and while I appreciate and even dig it, I have to also admit it’s a cry I can’t quite feel deep in the marrow.  Continue reading “The Austerity Program: Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn (2010)”