After a quarter century of nearly nonstop activity, dystopian Detroit synth-punk institution ADULT. have perfected a strain of stylistic cohesion in the album format. 'Becoming Undone', the ninth official full-length by co-founders Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller, explicitly succeeds in this aim, simultaneously rejecting and reflecting the planetary discord that inspired it. Beginning late 2020 against a backdrop of unprecedented flux and seismic isolation, the duo kickstarted their muse by sourcing fresh additions to the rig: a vocal loop pedal for Kuperus and Roland percussion pads for Miller. Reconnecting with influences like the politicized industrial percussion of Test Department and the queasy miscreant synthetics of Throbbing Gristle's '20 Jazz Funk Greats' sparked a series of fruitfully frenetic sessions, centered on themes of impermanence and dissonance.