The Voidz make their long-awaited return with cosmic confidence and starry swagger on the metal-tinged indie rock journey, “Prophecy of the Dragon.”

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“Conventional” is the very last thing that involves thoughts while you consider indie rock icon Julian Casablancas.

With a track known as “Prophecy of the Dragon,” you sort of have already got an thought of what you’re stepping into. Whether or not it’s with The Strokes or by way of varied solo initiatives, Casablancas has by no means been one to shrink back from taking part in the requirements — alongside Jeramy “Beardo” Gritter, Amir Yaghmai, Jacob “Jake” Bercovici, Alex Carapetis, and Jeff Kite, the Strokes frontman’s newest ardour challenge doesn’t simply play the requirements, it heightens them. With a singular, ever-evolving sound underpinned by instinctive rock sensibility, The Voidz present that nobody does “experimental” higher than them.

Breaking their two-year musical silence, The Voidz triumphantly returns with the bold electro-metal-pop hybrid, “Prophecy of the Dragon,” launched through Cult Data on Might 26, 2023. By no means taking themselves or their artwork too significantly, the rock ‘n’ roll six-piece pays no thoughts to the boundaries of style or expectation, charmingly creating an summary world of wit, weirdness, and marvel of their newest single.

Mirror, mirror on the wall
I can’t do that anymore
Late December, on their own
I gained’t get to observe my kids develop

I’m busy, busy
I’m feeling f… dizzy
East Berlin, style the fucking decadence
I was a lounge lizard
Now have a look at me, I’m a wizard

Opening with retro drum beats and a metallic guitar riff, Casablancas’ trademark vocal distortion emerges onto the spacey sonic panorama. From metallic and psychedelia to disco, indie rock, and post-punk, numerous sounds and types are structured and amalgamated into a decent 4 minutes and fifty-three seconds. But, the disparate influences effortlessly coalesce into an intimate union between brooding darkness and vibrant funk.

Amazingly textured and irresistibly enjoyable, the observe reveals The Voidz doing what they do finest: embracing the weird, campy, and otherworldly.

“The observe began with a quite simple query,” they begin. “What would it not really feel like if God whispered into your ear, ‘You’re my most luxurious creature?’ What would that feeling sound like?  What would its bassline be? With that, Beardo blew The Voidz conch shell, and we assembled from the assorted corners of the earth to which we had been summoned for earlier quests. From the deserts of the Sahara, to the truck stops of the midwest – we reunited in California to reply this query. The response?”

“From the fiery bones of eternity, the dragon’s voice, woke up after millennia in ready, spewed forth a sonic fist of impertinence within the form of a New Pirate anthem, the place nothing is what it appears, neither is it in any other case: Prophecy Of The Dragon.”

Arms in chains, partitions of lead
To gather, right here come the lifeless
It’s too late, too late
Consequence, show it son
Phrases don’t rely for anybody
You’re all the time on my thoughts

Lotus sutra, saved it secure
Secret teachings we await
Now the snake king guards the reality
Till we’re ready

Making its reside debut at Primavera Sound in Barcelona on June third, “Prophecy of the Dragon” reveals The Voidz as not solely one-of-a-kind songsmiths, but additionally charismatic performers. Ingenious in not solely the artistic course of but additionally onstage execution, Casablancas tastefully incorporates autotune and experiments with pitch shift pedals, producing distinctive melodies and rhythms that make for charming reside performances.

Lyrically, the band makes use of sly humour and intergalactic jargon to the touch on political and private themes, which is nothing too unfamiliar when you think about the themes of their previous two information, Tyranny and Advantage. The messages don’t get misplaced in translation although, as they successfully, albeit quirkily, talk the fears and realities surrounding trendy capitalism and society at massive. Pertaining to earthly points with otherworldly ideas, The Voidz intrigue and ooze mystique with their aesthetic quirks and experimental edge.

Dissention
Thoughts your small business
Notion
Embodies the void
Perfection

Historic symbols
Hidden information
Dragon will unleash himself
Pay attention intently
All might be enlightened as a consequence

The place The Voidz’s magic actually lies, nonetheless, is of their means to go from 1980 to 2080 in a matter of seconds with their sound. Concurrently nostalgic and futuristic, “Prophecy of the Dragon,” like the remainder of the band’s numbers, carves and defines The Voidz an id solely their very own – an id no different band or artist can replicate.

Eclectic and eccentric as ever, the band, with their inventive audacity and Casablancas’ artistic genius, blends analogue synths and post-punk beats with heavy metallic riffs and intense vocal processing. The Voidz’s inventiveness, in sound, idea, and method, is the same as their musical consistency, however on no account are they near inventive stagnation.

I strive, I strive, I strive

I await you want a beast in a zoo
Nearly out of goals
I can hear neon waves
From inside my neon cave
Right here comes the flood

It’s laborious (possibly even unattainable) to discover a track like “Prophecy of the Dragon,” sonically, lyrically, or in any other case.

By no means wandering too near spinoff, the observe is Metallica meets New Order, Pleasure Division meets Tame Impala, and Motörhead meets MGMT.

For The Voidz although, it’s nothing too out of the unusual or removed from limits, when the unusual is extraordinary and the boundaries are none. You possibly can by no means predict or foresee what you may hear subsequent, however so far as expectations go, it may be anticipated that The Voidz will regularly and constantly ship a number of the most unusual and charming indie rock you’ll discover immediately.

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