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INTERVIEW + OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO :: new track “Lurching in The Dark” from Atlanta band A Very Loud Death
track artwork for “Lurching in the Dark”
The new track “Lurching in The Dark” from Atlanta band A Very Loud Death is quite an amazing track. The video they released on 7/19/18 for the track just adds to its darkly peculiar undertones. The first thing I noticed about the track is just how damn well of a production it is (see interview question 3 below); it sounds incredible. This band oozes talent and the vocals put out by Chris Edge are nothing short of remarkable. I highly recommend taking a listen to their music – you can stream more below the interview, in which the band sounds like a well oiled machine, a band that really has a vision and a place to travel. And be sure to head to their bandcamp to show your support of Atlanta bands and purchase some of this great artistic music.
THE INTERVIEW
B: What made you pick “Lurching in the Dark” to release first off of your upcoming EP “Ulimatique”?
I think first and foremost we just really like the track and feel the most comfortable with it. A “trust your gut” sort of thing…. Traditionally, however, when we write out our albums we tend to place the tracks in a specific order to achieve a certain fluctuation of mood, meaning, and vibe. This can be anything from having each track flow into one another based on the musical key to a relationship/contrast of lyrics etc. In the end it’s about that emotional and musical journey. With all that said, Lurching, we feel, is a solid middle ground between the first half and second half of the upcoming EP.
B: What does ‘Ulimatique’ mean?
Ulimi is the Swahili word for tongue. Or Zulu word for language. And Atique (or Attick or however you want to spell it) is an Arabic name meaning old. And of course antique is Latin for old/ancient. We want a word entirely made up of old language traditions that simultaneously also means old language traditions. We also want those that read the word to pronounce it however they want based on their personal traditions (they may think there is a correct way to say it, or they may say it however they want, or not try at all, or say it with an accent, or they may just ignore it as pretentious nonsense etc). That interaction between a freely made thing and a freely thinking creature is the real meaning of the word. It is also representative of the EP’s concept as a whole.
B: The track is really well produced – who produced it?
Corey Bautista of Corey Bautista Audio. He’s a good dude and has already contributed a lot of the local rock scene with a lot of great local acts.
B: What do you want folks to know about the upcoming EP?
We’re definitely very excited to get this work out there. The songs are going to be mechanical with flourishes of something spiritual.
But that’s the goal: the EP is about a machine and its struggle of being self aware of its make-up, but it also feels and thinks like a human. So it essentially goes on a rampage. After all, if emotions and free will are what makes one human, it is only logical for a machine to attempt all of these – from love to hate to destruction in an attempt to transform itself and to feel complete…not realizing that maybe freely and creatively responding to the environment and to situations as the self, whatever the self may be, is really what it’s all about.
Who knows, changing yourself at the end is still you locked into yourself, in an existence…something a machine (and humans and musicians) understand… the machine can change and react all it wants but it still has the ultimate parameters of its code and environment and battery life. What really makes you and everything are the interactions; the interplay. Or at the very least, all of that is an interesting and playful (albeit wordy) thought we want to explore, ya know.
To put this into musical words: this EP is free form expression of individuals locked tightly into musical rules, struggling to know and control where they, and the music, are going, but ultimately ending up where it is all supposed to be because of the logic and comfort of what came before.
B: How do you think you’re sound has progressed since your 2016 EP “The Castration of the Idiot”?
The biggest thing is our chemistry and the writing process. Cole, our drummer, had been with the band only 3 days when we recorded The Castration of the Idiot. He didn’t get much say, and didn’t get much time to really understand the music or to add himself fully into it. Now he is 1/3rd of the creative process. He writes and can interpret the music how he wants. This EP is the first work we feel we’re putting out something as a cohesive band of equals.
B: Describe A Very Loud Death show in 3 words.
Aloof. Poignant. Earnest.
B: Do you have any upcoming shows?
Not until August 2018.
B: What is your favorite thing about being an ‘Atlanta band’?
A lot of diversity of ideas. A strong strong American musical tradition mixed with an increase of transplants. It’s a hot, humid, creative cauldron when it opens itself and closes its distances.
B: What other Atlanta bands do you recommend?
Any and all of them. Like everyone they’re all just people doing things and driving forward to contribute to what is really one of the most universal art forms. You can like a genre and have it fit your lifestyle and self image if you want as a listener, it’s your choice. But it’s all just sound coming from, usually, a genuine place. Check everyone out, enjoy that feeling of discovery, why not? It’s less time to listen to a song than it is to drive/walk and get a cup of coffee. Isn’t that the old saying?
B: Do you wear skinny jeans? If so, defend yourself 🙂
We’re just big legged. Snug life.
MORE MUSIC FROM A VERY LOUD DEATH
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A Very Loud Death on Twitter
A Very Loud Death on Soundcloud
Video Directed by Logan Ray Morrissey – LogieMoz Photo
