The title track to Elder‘s seventh studio album “Through Zero” is now streaming online. The psych rock outfit packed a meaty nine minutes worth of music into this new cut. The album itself is scheduled to arrive on May 29th. Speaking of the record upon announcing it several weeks ago , Elder collectively stated:
“‘Through Zero‘ is a term borrowed from engineering and the world of music. It describes the property of a frequency being able to pass through the zero point and continue into the negative. While it isn’t a concept rooted in philosophy, it resonates with me on a conceptual level: the zero point is not an end, but a midpoint along a partially unseen path. Interpretation is open: the journey is the destination, beginnings and endings may be arbitrary, or perhaps reality is simply less linear than we tend to assume.
The songs on the album explore related themes that reflect my own observations and personal philosophy. Life and death, frustration and fear, helplessness and hope — all of these exist along the same ‘signal path’.”
Vocalist/guitarist Nick DiSalvo stated of this song:
“In a diverse album, the title track of our new album sits on the middle of the spectrum and is a perfect first impression of what’s to come. Dreamy, heavy, raw, electronic, there’s a bit of everything that makes this album special to us. ‘Through Zero‘ is about impermanence, coming to terms with mortality and the long struggle to not only make peace but to find a sort of solidarity with the dead. The more time passes, the more this theme returns to me, and always in a new light – much as our music always returns in a slightly changed state reflecting who we are becoming.”
