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 could be streamed now.
His singing takes centerstage for the primary half of the observe, which begins out in a synth-pop type earlier than an instrumental breakdown from synth gamers Core Atoms and João Nogueira — the one actual trace of prog on the observe. 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 once you fall in love,” mentioned Atoms of the observe/video in a press launch. “Our lead character is recognizing that the spore has gotten in them and so they’re beginning to change. They’re awakening to all the sweetness that’s round.”
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Dailor went on to elucidate 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 slightly extra dancey and slightly extra enjoyable. As a lot as we favored how proggy the final Arcadea album was, it jogged my memory of what I already do in Mastodon. We needed to discover the thought of doing one thing completely different. So, I needed to essentially think about groove and dance and embracing the digital side 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 observe 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 beneath.
The Exodus of Gravity Art work:
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 Method
11. Sparks
12. Planet Pounder
