Prepare to be obsessed and not quite ready to detach from this new album from Tallah. Read on for all the details!
Nu-core fans, we’ve got an awesome one for you today. Genre-carving nu-core band Tallah unleashed their most ambitious work to date on the world, and it’s worth obsessing over. ‘Primeval: Obsession // Detachment’ is a fully live-tracked, sci-fi concept album that pulls listeners into a world of collapsing morality, split identities, and sonic chaos. The album’s release is accompanied by a brand-new music video for “depleted,” one of the album’s most unique songs. The video captures the decaying, wild, and dystopian atmosphere as Tallah builds upon the album’s story narrative.
This what was vocalist Justin Bonitz has to say about it,
Despite all the dust, yellow jackets, and rusty rebar, this was one of the coolest locations we have ever shot at. There was so much to explore, and it really captured the vibe slash aesthetic we saw in our heads when listening to the song. Derek Rathbun made everything so easy and streamlined, so the shoot felt a lot shorter than it actually was. ‘Depleted’ is one of the weirdest songs on the album, and we were hoping the video would match the same energy. Have fun listening!
~ Justin Bonitz
‘As for the tracks themselves, “5:01” as the opener expertly sets the tone. The track is less of a conventional song and rather constructs the contemporary atmosphere. It feels like the title screen theme before properly loading up a game, introducing listeners to the otherworldly space Tallah created. It is as un-skippable as the rest and weaves just as much of a story.
“What We Know” follows it and begins with pulsing guitar riffs. Just when listeners believe they’ve found the pattern, it shifts, then shifts again. It offers a level of unpredictability, surprising the listener and keeping them on their toes. It’s as if this piece speaks for the whole album, saying, “If you think you know what comes next, you don’t.” This one is ripe with dark energy, leading people down a river they can’t see but are excited to find out how it ends.
“Augmented” as the third track keeps up the pressure and energy. A gritty, screeching chord kicks the song off before it descends into an explosive rhythm. If beads aren’t banging to this one then the music isn’t set loud enough.
“A Primeval Detachment” is the seventh song in the album and a raging beast. Beginning with fast paced taps and a crooked violin, the band takes an ambitious and ambiguous tone with the track. Then the beat drops into screaming vocals, a scathing guitar, and thundering drums. It’s an exhilarating roller coaster of a song that’s impossible to skip.
‘Primeval: Obsession // Detachment’ weaves sci-fi storytelling together with deliberately imperfect performances. Tallah proves that human instinct still has power in an increasingly artificial landscape. The lore behind the concept follows two characters, Ana and Sheelah, on a morally destructive journey across an alien world.
Fans can dive deeper into the lore through The Primeval Game, a playable story-world that’s updated monthly with new clues, song teasers, and narrative expansions.
To make things even more exciting, Tallah will play a select run of album release shows this month before hitting the road this fall in support of King 810, kicking off November 3 in Lawrence, Kansas. Josh Schroeder is the catalyst for the tour, playing King 810 frontman, David Gunn, an early preview of Primeval.
This is what bassist Max Portnoy has to say about the experience,
David Gunn hit us up after Josh Schroeder showed him our new album. Both bands share a love for raw, live recordings, so he was super into what we were doing and invited us to join the tour. We were stoked since we’ve been into King for as long as we’ve been a band.
~ Max Portnoy
To hear some of these awesome tracks in person, don’t hesitate to snatch tickets and stream Primeval: Obsession // Detachment today! If you can’t make that then don’t worry, we’ve got plenty in store going on. Stay tuned for future news and updates!
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