Idiogram release third single Hyperaccumulator – the multifaceted and expressive opening track from their forthcoming album – with a video shot in an abandoned Cold War nuclear bunker.
NEW SINGLE, INCOMING ALBUM
Hyperaccumulator is the third release from Idiogram’s upcoming album Reunion Of Broken Parts, following two singles that have earned the band recognition for their bold and experimental approach.
Described by producer Graeme Young as “the most obnoxious intro I’ve ever worked on” (a statement that the band wear as a badge of honour), the seven minute track opens with the challenge of abrasive and percussive electronic loops intermixed with static blasts. The intention – to create a world where nothing is quite as it should be. Clean guitars and piano rub shoulders with buzzing synths, giving way to an unanticipated and ethereal calm. All before the track builds, long and slow, into a thundering unison riff with blazes of feedback and drum solo! A track for playing loud a la Mogwai. As the album’s lead track, Idiogram issue a clear statement of intent.
DOWN IN THE BUNKER
The track is complimented by an equally gritty video of the band live in action, produced by Tom Swift. Tying together the soundscape and the title, it was filmed at The Barnton Bunker – a former Cold War nuclear shelter on the outskirts of Edinburgh which was once the RAF’s Sector Operations Centre responsible for monitoring Scotland’s entire airspace. Abandoned for many years, the video showcases the remnants of an intriguing past.
Here’s the video:
OVER TO IDIOGRAM
As with the last single, Butcher’s Parcel, each of the guys in the band have their say:
“I think of Hyperaccumulator as our ‘calling card’ – it’s the album in microcosm. As our traditional set opener, it’s clear pretty quickly whether you’re in or out”. – Ali (guitar)
“There is a bit of everything we collectively love in this track; it’s a weird journey from the acrid to the serene and finishes up with a foot-stomping riff that is a real payoff for investing in what is not always an ‘easy’ listen”. – Lesley (keys)
On the band’s writing process, Keith (drums) says: “Hyperaccumulator is among the earliest tracks we made together, and a true product of our methods. Each section was written quite separately, and only later did we see that they’d neatly complement each other”.
“In assembling this track we were also building the prototype for how we compose music together. Disparate moods stitched together deftly, or abrasively. Keith and Graeme’s (producer) intro is the wasabi icing on the cake”. – Ali (bass)
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