Northlane have revealed just how much time went into their forthcoming seventh album Anemoia, with vocalist Marcus Bridge confirming the Australian heavyweights spent more than two years developing the record.
The update comes just days after Northlane announced Anemoia and their biggest Australian headline tour to date, with the album officially landing October 30th via Independent / Immortal Music Group.
Speaking with Steve O’G, Bridge explained that the band began working on the material not long after releasing 2024’s Mirror’s Edge, embarking on a lengthy process of refining their blend of crushing metal and electronic experimentation (per Blabbermouth).
“These songs we’ve been working on for two years about — maybe a bit over two years. Not long after we released ‘Mirror’s Edge’ did we get stuck into working on all of this. So it’s taken a lot of fine-tuning to kind of nail that while still keeping it sounding like us and not feeling like it’s straying too far off the path of what we’ve kind of done already. Still keeping it heavy, still keeping that electronic element, but without it feeling like it wasn’t us. So, yeah, that’s just the vibe we love. So it’s interesting to kind of push that as far as it goes.”
Evolution
That evolution was also helped along by Jordan Fish, the former Bring Me The Horizon member who executive produced Anemoia.
“We kind of wanted to go into these new songs and just kind of approach it from a different angle. And then Jordan’s name came up. And for us, obviously he does so much great work, but it’s also really exciting for us to work with someone who also understands what our sound is and how to complement that as opposed to kind of just bulldoze over it with his own kind of thing. ‘Cause he does have his sound, but he was also very aware of what we do and made sure to kind of just sprinkle some of his elements in there and really kind of just tighten it all up a bit. So, it was a really fun time working with him, too. He came out to Australia for a week, and we were just sitting in [songwriter/guitarist] Jon’s [Deiley] apartment just going over songs, trying to chip away at some chorus melodies and stuff here and there. And it was a lot of fun. He’s just like a kid in a candy store when he’s working on music. So it was very fun.”
Evian
The band’s single, “Evian”, offers a strong indication of where that experimentation has taken them, pushing the electronic side of Northlane’s sound considerably further.
“Well, I think with our last EP, [2024’s] ‘Mirror’s Edge’, we kind of pulled it back a little bit and kind of drew on all sorts of elements from our sound over the years. I feel like there was some kind of more ‘Mesmer’ [2017 album] vibes in some of the songs while still having those sprinkles of electronic stuff in there. But for this one, yeah, we definitely wanted to go pretty ham with it and once again just try and capture that kind of nostalgic electronic music feel of the late ’90s, early 2000s. And it’s been a long process as well to really perfect that, I guess.”
Inspired by UK producer Evian Christ, Anemoia is set to collide trance, jungle, drum and bass, pop and electronic textures with the band’s trademark heaviness.
The album follows 2022’s ARIA chart-topping Obsidian and explores the idea of longing for a time or place never experienced.
Northlane – Anemoia
Available October 30th via Independent / Immortal Music Group
Tracklist
- Pierce The Sky
- NEED2FEEL
- Crucified
- Deathwish
- Evian
- CUT_it
- S∈GA
- The Otherside
- Start Again
- Anemoia (Feat. Dayseeker)
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Northlane will bring Anemoia home in November with After The Burial, Cenobia and Above, Below. The tour hits Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane, with tickets on sale tomorrow.
Northlane With After The Burial (USA), Cenobia and Above, Below
- Thursday, November 5th – Perth, Metro City 18+
- Saturday, November 7th – Melbourne, Festival Hall LIC AA
- Sunday, November 8th – Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre LIC AA
- Wednesday, November 11th – Sydney, Enmore Theatre LIC AA
- Friday, November 13th – Newcastle, Bar On The Hill 18+
- Saturday, November 14th – Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall LIC AA
Anemoia arrives October 30th.
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