From the glittering majesty of "Kettles", to the gabba breakdown of "System" – a track Birchard describes as "a hard, 909, Jeff Mills, boot in the balls after all the R&B" – the album is a crystallisation of the influences, quirks, and experiments that he has collected to date.
But his genius (as a prose writer too) is to transmit the breakdowns of systems -- their insufficiencies, their barbarities, their naïveté and hubris.
The leakage of hydraulic cylinder is a major failure mode usually caused by failure or damage of the seal, and it should be detected as early as possible to avoid worse breakdowns of system.
The passage of time had led to the loss of ontological significance of this tissue, and with it a progressive breakdown of the systems of maintenance that had retained the systems of bureaucratic accountability that made the tissue valuable.
Thousands more are likely to have died from other illnesses or in childbirth, because of the breakdown of healthcare systems.
Few numerical studies simulating lightning strike damage have been developed considering the dielectric breakdown of LSP systems under lightning strike.
Sufficient generator capacity should also be available to maintain normal operation of the animal facility in the event of power outage or breakdown of mechanical systems.
And Westerners across the political spectrum have only a vague sense of the breakdown of legal systems in poor countries as Haugen puts it, the rule of law is "the invisible oxygen we breathe at home".
I'm sure we can agree that the immediate consequences of collapse would be hideous: the breakdown of the systems that keep most of us alive; mass starvation; war.
It was not clear if air speed alone could trigger a breakdown of aircraft systems, but any recommendations from Airbus about its jets would fuel speculation over the causes of the mysterious crash over the Atlantic.
