Atreyu will be releasing “The Pronoia Sessions” on October 25th. That compilation of sorts finds the band reimagining fan favorites from throughout their career, along with a pair of covers. Newly available from that set is a rendition of “Like A Stone“, originally performed by Soundgarden/Rage Against The Machine supergroup Audioslave.
Atreyu commented of the origins of this record:
“This album, to us, was something that initially came from the fans. During Covid, we started toying around with doing acoustic performances for the first time in our career. Since the release of ‘Gone (Reimagined),’ the outpouring of love and interest from our fans was overwhelming. It got us thinking…what if we didn’t just make some of our classics acoustic, what if we took them to a whole new place? We feel with this album we have carved out a new home for these songs to stand on their own. They are new entities in our musical landscape.
Making this album brought us such a sense of joy and creativity. It was as if the universe handed us this moment and it was meant to happen…hence, ‘The Pronoia Sessions‘.”
Vocalist Brandon Saller added:
“We had the idea to do a show similar to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged as a one-off thing. Then we thought, ‘Why not spend some time on it in the studio?’ And it built from there. ‘How far can we push this?’ It spawned from there and unexpectedly turned into this monster.”
He later continued:
“Let’s see how we can take what exists already and turn it on its head. With some of the older stuff, the vocals have a more melodic approach, but with much of the same phrasing. We’ve also incorporated more members of the band. Porter sings, like on ‘Ex’s & Ohs.’ On ‘Right Side Of The Bed,’ there’s a saxophone solo instead of a guitar solo, and it’s Dan playing the saxophone.”
Atreyu chose to issue their cover of “Like A Stone” now in honor of what would have been the 60th birthday of the late Soundgarden/Audioslave, etc. great Chris Cornell (July 20th). Atreyu collectively said of that:
“The covers on this album presented us with the opportunity to take some of our favorites and make them our own. The album has an overarching, somber feel. We wanted songs that would stay in that realm. ‘Like A Stone‘ is one of the most iconic rock songs of our time. Chris Cornell’s vocal is a treasure. We hope to have done right by his legacy.”
“The Pronoia Sessions”
01 – “Becoming The Bull”
02 – “Save Us” (reimagined)
03 – “Ex’s And Oh’s” (reimagined)
04 – “Right Side Of The Bed” (reimagined)
05 – “Like A Stone” (Audioslave cover)
06 – “Drowning” (reimagined)
07 – “The Theft” (reimagined)
08 – “Gone” (reimagined)
09 – “Warrior” (reimagined)
10 – “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers cover)
Pre-orders are available now through atreyu.lnk.to/PronoiaSessions.
