French synthwave artist Perturbator has revealed his plans to have his new album “Age Of Aquarius” out on October 10th through his latest label home, Nuclear Blast. The newly shared second single from that outing, “Apocalypse Now” finds Ulver‘s Kristoffer Rygg providing lead vocal duties and lands online with a music video directed by David Fitt. Pertubator mastermind James Kent commented:
“‘Apocalypse Now‘ is a song about the systematic destruction we cause to our own kind. It is our inability to get along with–and often vilify–’the others.’ Thus accelerating the end of our ways of life through simple hubris and self validation.”
Fitt added of the video for it:
“The lyrics of ‘Apocalypse Now’ have made me wonder: what would the last war look like? A coup? A war of all against all? A nuclear war? Maybe. Could be. But I realized that what I would love to do, to watch, to happen, is a war of world leaders against themselves. The war they all dream of, but are too cowardly to fight themselves. This would be the ultimate war, in my opinion. And that’s what I aimed to show. And then we’re left wondering: what would be next? What if women took charge? Would power consume them too, eventually? Are we doomed as a species? That’s what I wonder and want people to wonder with me.”
Speaking on the album itself, Kent went on to say:
“The first half of ‘Age of Aquarius‘ is all about conflict. The misanthropy and violence that lays in all of us. The second part of the album then talks about individualism. The understanding that group-thinking leads to nowhere and having your own free will is the single most essential thing we have in life.”
He later added:
“We have this climate nowadays of people getting divided over everything. Every debate is two-sided, very extreme, very warlike, and people are very into group thinking: ‘There’s this side of the conflict, and there’s this side of the conflict, and if you’re not on my side, you’re wrong.’”
“Age Of Aquarius” track listing:
01 – “Apocalypse Now” (feat. Ulver)
02 – “Lunacy”
03 – “Venus” (feat. Author & Punisher)
04 – “The Glass Staircase”
05 – “Hangover Square”
06 – “The Art Of War”
07 – “12th House”
08 – “Lady Moon” (feat. Greta Link)
09 – “The Swimming Pool”
10 – “Mors Ultima Ratio”
12 – “Age Of Aquarius” (feat. Alcest)
Pre-orders are available via perturbator.bfan.link/age-of-aquarius. The following European/UK headlining run with support from Kælan Mikla and Gost has been booked for the album this fall:
11/05 Nantes, FRA – Stereolux
11/06 Lille, FRA – Aeronef
11/07 London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
11/08 Manchester, UK – Damnation Festival
11/11 Vienna, AUT – Arena
11/12 Budapest, HUN – Durer Kert
11/13 Prague, CZE – SaSaZu
11/14 Berlin, GER – Huxleys
11/17 Vilnius, LIT – Loftas
11/19 Helsinki, FIN – Kulttuuritalo
11/21 Stockholm, SWE – Fallan
11/22 Copenhagen, DEN – The Grey Hall
11/23 Oslo, NOR – Rockefeller
11/25 Hamburg, GER – Gruenspan
11/26 Nijmegen, NET – Doornroosje
11/27 Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
11/28 Cologne, GER – Live Music Hall
11/29 Meisenthal, FRA – La Boite Noire
12/01 Munich, GER – Muffathalle
12/02 Ljubljana, SLO – Kino Siska
12/03 Milan, ITA – Live Club
12/04 Lausanne, SWI – Les Docks
12/05 Paris, FRA – Le Bataclan
12/06 Paris, FRA – Le Bataclan
