NOUVEAU ARCADE release new album 'Dead Hearts' on 20th July, out on FiXT
Nouveau Arcade Announce 'Dead Hearts' Is Now
Available For Pre-Order
Album Drops July 20
Purchase/Stream: https://link.fixtmusic.com/DeadHearts
Seattle duo Nouveau Arcade have announced their album Dead Hearts is now available for pre-order and will drop on 20th July, from FiXT.
Not content to fit into a box, Nouveau Arcade's first album Dead Hearts is an analgram of genres, featuring everything from Synthwave and Cyberpunk, to modern Alternative Rock and Pop, Industrial and Goth, and even a dash of EDM and dubstep. Tracks such as "Run Boy, Run" featuring a heavy drum performance from renowned Pendulum drummer KJ Sawka, show that they are not afraid to dive into heavier territory with industrial metal and succeed. "Hard Times" is a prime example of the beauty of synthpop with its shimmering synthesizers and chill atmosphere, while "Choose Your Fighter" takes on a more ominous feel, with a pulsing Midtempo soundscape.
With many tracks written during the pandemic Dead Hearts is an infinitely complex album dealing with escapism, adversity, loss, getting through rough times, and living in a constant state of fear. The album also includes their own take on the iconic Garbage single "Only Happy When It Rains." and a cover on Twenty One Pilot's "Jumpsuit" (feat. KJ Sawka). Other appearances from vocalist Keira Verlee and electronic artist Signal Void round out a cast of performances across intricately designed soundscapes and pristine production.
Releasing with the pre-order announcement today is "Static Eyes" an alternative rock synthwave fusion. Taking elements of Rock, Industrial, Goth, and Synthwave. The single is fierce and fast paced packed with gritty guitars, ethereal synths, steady electronic rhythms. Thoughtful lyrics round out the atmospheric single creating a wistful yet electrifying soundscape. "Static Eyes" is the opening track for album and deals with the theme of 'escapism' as we turn to our screens throughout the day instead of to each other to deal with life.
"There is a word that we kept coming back to when we were working on this and that is 'Escapism,'" explains Nouveau Arcade. "When you wake up in the morning and you looking at your phone, and you go to work, and you stare at your computer and you come home and you watch your television set and you look at your iPad. And someone asks you a question and you have to check it on google and so you look at a screen, and then your staring at another screen, and then more screens. You actually don't know who you are at the end of the day. And then you go to sleep and do it all over again. We all know this, we all feel this. So we just wrote a song about it. That's really it. We think the challenge is getting back to who we are. What we want to be, how we live into our created identity in this world. So this album, that song, is just a challenge to do that. It has to start somewhere and that's where it goes. That's why we opened this record with that and that way we can open the playing field for the emotions as we search inside ourselves for who we want to be and who we want to become, so we can make the world a better place."
Releases from Dead Hearts have received support across multiple platforms, with "Choose Your Fighter" and "Stronger Now" receiving placements on Yandex's Dancefloor and "Choose Your Fighter" also featured on the Behind The Gamepad playlist. "Die On Me," "Hard Times," and "Only Happy When It Rains" earned placements on Yandex's Alternative lists. Their cover of "Only Happy When It Rains" also scored a placement on the Persistent Bad Weather playlist.
Nouveau Arcade are prepared to make their mark on the world combining elements of the nostalgic past and the electric future, with a wide array of eclectic influences in between. Nouveau Arcade doesn’t just think outside the box, they smash it creating a whole new shape from which they create their own unique vision.
The duo, hailing from Seattle, Washington, consists of Kevin Preston and Len Hotrum, long-time collaborators who have known each other for the better part of two decades. have a notable history together. Their project The Crying Spell, toured with well-known bands including Killing Joke, Julien-K, VAST, and played shows alongside Thriving Ivory, Filter, and The Birthday Massacre and opening for Nico Vega, Avenged Sevenfold, Sevendust, Three Days Grace, and Godsmack. The Crying Spell also performed an NFL halftime show for the Seattle Seahawks after receiving strong fan support, and they were the winner of MTV's Freshman Four competition.
With Nouveau Arcade, the duo have expanded their sound into a electro rock retro-futuristic hybrid style – somewhere between familiar dark synth influences à la Depeche Mode, or The Cure, David Bowie and contemporary hybrid electro Rock with elements of Muse, M83, Health, metric ,Gunship, joywave. Kevin and Len have named the result “Modwave.” Combining the pair's admirable creative background and diverse songwriting skills with their collaborator Stefan Scherperel's expertise in photography and music videos, Nouveau Arcade is soon to be one of the most talked-about acts in music today.
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