INTRONAUT have unleashed a music video for “Speaking of Orbs,” a track from their newly-released album, Fluid Existential Inversions. You can check out the Pat Lascu-directed clip above.
As progenitors of some of the most inventive, uninhibited, dynamic music ever recorded, LA’s Intronaut are a force to be reckoned with. These traits are expanded ever further on sixth full-length Fluid Existential Inversions, which features the most dramatic and epic sounds of their career. “We pushed ourselves to be bigger and better, musically speaking, and to me that’s the essence of progressive music,” states guitarist/vocalist Sacha Dunable. “I love bands like Motörhead and AC/DC that give you the same thing over and over, but Intronaut is all about trying to break whatever mold exists – especially for ourselves – and give you something you haven’t heard before. On this album, there are drums played in ways I’ve never heard before. There are synths used in contexts I’ve never heard before. Intronaut has the most unique bass player in all of heavy metal as far as I’m concerned, and I even practiced guitar to get myself out of my comfort zone. So I think we progressed and made the best album ever. I don’t even care if no one else hears it, if it was all for me I’d be satisfied.“
It’s been a five-year gap since 2015’s The Direction Of Last Things, the longest between any two Intronaut records, but with good reason. “Some of this music was written within a week of the last record being released, and we originally wanted to get into the studio to make this album back in early 2017, but I think the band was kind of burnt out and I personally was definitely burnt out, and we decided to take a year off before committing to a new album and the touring stuff that comes with it. In fact I personally wasn’t sure I still had the energy to keep doing this band at all. But after a little time off, I kept writing on my own and I realized I love making this music whether we’re an active band or not.” A change in the unit’s ranks set things back another year, but soon enough they were back on track. “After being a semi-full-time band for fifteen years, I think we needed a little rest. I think writing without any deadline really helped this music too, in that we could really spend time obsessing over what we wanted it to be. It was almost like writing our first record again.“
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