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I SEE STARS have announced a brand new album!
Titled THE WHEEL, the upcoming album from the American ‘electronicore’ band is scheduled to be released in September this year via Sumerian Records. The new album is the band’s first full-length release since 2016’s Treehouse.
Speaking about the album, the band shares, “The last time we spent this much time on a record was our debut album, 3D. THE WHEEL is a time capsule capturing the past seven years of our lives. It’s a culmination of everything we’ve experienced individually, together, and as human beings navigating the chaos of the world. While we don’t plan to wait this long before releasing another album, we’re deeply grateful for the time it took to make this one. We poured ourselves into it, and we hope our fans feel that. We’re proud to finally share THE WHEEL with you.”
Produced by David Bendeth and mixed by Zakk Cervini (with additional mixing by Tom Norris), the album was shaped by a unique creative process. “We would throw all the songs onto this website wheel,” explains keyboardist and programmer Andrew Oliver. “It had these zany sound effects, but also created this weird vibe where we were like ‘We’ve just got to trust fate here.’ We’re all obsessed with fate and letting things happen as they might, so the sound effect was an obvious thing for us to include—and then it took shape into a much larger concept.”
“What I really loved about the wheel concept,” adds Devin, “was it wasn’t our choice. It was our choice to leave it to chance, yes, but we trusted the universe to point us in the right direction by spinning the wheel. It started off as a joke, but turned into this thing that became really important for us.”
The album also explores deeply personal themes. “A lot of this record is about [intracranial hypertension],” continues Devin. “There were a lot of moments writing this record where I didn’t want to be alive. That’s really hard for me to admit, because I’m not that person who talks about this stuff openly. I talk about it through our music – my traumas come out through my artistic expression. So listening to the record really gets emotional for me, because I’m not in the same place I once was. I’m super grateful to not be in all that pain.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a brand new single from the upcoming record; Eliminator. The new single is the latest to be lifted from the forthcoming album, following on from Anomaly, Drift, are we 3ven?, D4MAGE DONE, and SPLIT.
Listen to Eliminator below:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Spin It
- THE WHEEL
- Eliminator
- D4MAGE DONE
- FLOAT
- Drift
- are we 3ven?
- Flood Light
- Carry On For You
- SPLIT
- Lost It (ft. PALAYE ROYALE)
- Afterdark
- Anomaly
- Curtain Call
THE WHEEL is set for release on September 12th via Sumerian Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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