UK based collective Sons Of Alpha Centauri have unveiled a new track “Get The Guns” from their third album Push, out on August 27th via Exile On Mainstream, which demonstrates a radical departure from their instrumental sound. Jonah Matranga (Far, Gratitude) is one of two musicians from the Sacramento music community collaborating with SOAC for the first time on their new record, the second being Mitch Wheeler (Will Haven).
About the new track SOAC comments: “This was one of the first tracks that Jonah worked on and we knew the chemistry was locked in from this point. As an instrumental band we’d never heard the music of SOAC be directed as a delivery vehicle for lyrics and vocal messaging before. This was a relentless performance from Jonah and an amazing way to open up the collaboration!”
Listen to “Get The Guns” below:
Founding member and bass player Nick Hannon said: “SOAC has a split personality – this is most certainly our darker and heavier side – we grew up on 90s alternative rock and to harness our vision with the purveyors of the Sacramento post hardcore sound will make this a true landmark release and we have taken it to the extreme collaborating with Mitch and Jonah!”
On embracing the spirit of collaboration Nick continues, “We’ve always been interested in working in a collaborative manner so despite the epidemic we’ve continued building and expanding our spectrum of musical genres that we want to experiment with. This is an exciting phase for us, and integrating the guys from Sacramento and their heritage is phenomenal. We have worked to sculpt the instrumental rock dexterity of SOAC and provided a hardcore backbone by integrating Mitch and Jonah that has breathed a whole new spirit into the vessel. It still has an element of mysticism but comes with a more direct connection to the audience.”
Push artwork & tracklist:
1. Get The Guns
2. Listen
3. The Enemy
4. Push
5. Buried Under
6. Boys And Girls
7. Saturn
8. Dark Night
9. Own