Veteran alternative metal outfit earthtone9 will be dropping their first new album in eleven years this June. That group have settled on “In Resonance Nexus” as the title for the outing, which will arrive June 21st through Candlelight. A video for the first single, “Oceanic Drift“, made its way out today, March 22nd. Shaun Hudson was tasked with directing that clip.
Speaking on their signing, the band offered:
“Candlelight feels like the perfect home for us. They’ve released so many earth-shaking albums, and to be part of that history is both thrilling and a privilege. It’s magic to continue the next chapter of et9 working with trusted comrades, and we couldn’t be more excited.”
As for this lead track, vocalist Karl Middleton offered:
“I was thinking about the Joker movie and the idea of him being the unreliable witness. So it just seemed like a really funny opening line, ‘what you see is what you get,’ because that’s never been the case. Also, the idea of oceanic drift is, in geological time, an incredibly slow process. That’s partially a reflection on how our last record was over a decade ago, the record before that was 12 years before that, so it’s just these incredibly slow-moving things.”
He also weighed in on the album’s title:
“‘‘In Resonance Nexus‘, as a title, is saying that we’ve found the core and the essence of the band again,. We were digging deep to find common musical ground, and between Joe and Owen, and I, it really felt like there was a resonance there. It feels like we’ve landed on a really legitimate, 21st-century version of the band. We were asking, ‘Why are we doing this?’ and having a very authentic answer.”
He added:
“For me, this album is about persistence in heart and knowing that you can pursue stuff and do it to a high standard at any point in time. It’s more vital and urgent – like the absolute distillation of what we do. This feels like a definitive statement.”
Recording sessions took place at The Ranch in Southampton, UK under Lewis Johns (Rolo Tomassi, Svalbard). Bullet For My Valentine drummer Jason Bowld was enlisted for the studio drumming duties
“In Resonance Nexus” track listing:
01 – “The Polyphony Of Animals”
02 – “Navison Record”
03 – “Under The Snake”
04 – “Oceanic Drift”
05 – “Black Swan Roulette”
06 – “Lash Of The Tongues”
07 – “Etiquette of Distortion”
08 – “Observe Your Course” (feat. Malli Malpass of One Dice)
09 – “Third Mutuality”
10 – “Strength Is My Weakness”
