Arcadea, the synth act that includes Mastodon drummer-singer Brann Dailor, have introduced their sophomore album The Exodus of Gravity, arriving August twenty second by way of Relapse Information.
The LP sees Dailor dealing with lead vocals, as heard on the primary single “Fuzzy Planet,” which will be streamed now.
His singing takes centerstage for the primary half of the monitor, which begins out in a synth-pop fashion earlier than an instrumental breakdown from synth gamers Core Atoms and João Nogueira — the one actual trace of prog on the monitor. Bryan Bankovich directed the accompanying music video: an alien promenade with Arcadea offering the reside leisure, full with Dailor rocking an Alladin Sane-era Bowie look.
“It’s about that first fuzzy feeling you get if you fall in love,” mentioned Atoms of the monitor/video in a press launch. “Our lead character is recognizing that the spore has gotten in them they usually’re beginning to change. They’re awakening to all the wonder that’s round.”
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Dailor went on to clarify that The Exodus of Gravity skews extra towards danceable songs versus the prog of Arcadea’s 2017 self-titled debut, which the singer/drummer in comparison with his full-time band.
“There’s one thing actually hopeful and uplifting about it from a musical aesthetic,” Dailor mentioned. “The item was to get a bit of extra dancey and a bit of extra enjoyable. As a lot as we preferred how proggy the final Arcadea album was, it jogged my memory of what I already do in Mastodon. We needed to discover the concept of doing one thing totally different. So, I needed to essentially focus on groove and dance and embracing the digital facet of it.”
The Exodus of Gravity was self-produced and recorded with engineer Tom Tapley at West Finish Sound, within the basement of Mastodon’s apply facility, Ember Metropolis. You may pre-order the album on vinyl and cassette by way of Relapse.
Stream the video for “Fuzzy Planet” and see the LP’s paintings and tracklist under.
The Exodus of Gravity Paintings:
The Exodus of Gravity Tracklist:
01. Darkish Star
02. Exodus of Gravity
03. Fuzzy Planet
04. Lake of Rust
05. Gilded Eye
06. 2 Shells
07. Galactic Lighthouse
08. Starry Messenger
09. Silent Spores
10. The Hand That Holds the Milky Approach
11. Sparks
12. Planet Pounder
