A Storm of Light have shared a new track entiled “Prime Time“, which is taken from their fifth full-length Anthroscene, to be released via Consouling Sounds (EU and UK), Translation Loss (US) and Daymare (JP) on 5th October.
In an interview with Popmatters, who premiered the track, Josh Graham reveals the thinking behind it: “Over the course of Anthroscene, a lot of the lyrics are both reactions to, and descriptions about the decaying state of society: the current political nightmare unfolding in countless countries, the evolution of society through technology and social media, climate change, climate change denial, fear, isolationism, etc etc. Lyrically though, I wanted a decent chunk of the record to be more surreal; more of a current self-portrait of humanity told through a haze of drugs and paranoia. Prime Time is one of those songs, and focuses on the current US opiate crisis. It’s kind of told through the eyes of a corrupt, drug dealing and drug addicted pimp politician. This one also exercises personal demons. I have people in my life who struggle with prescription opiates, and it kills me. It’s almost impossible to navigate. Reading articles about people like Richard Sackler are just par for the course; an endless circle of the the rich eating the poor.”
Listen to the new track below:
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