Tallah Announce Album ‘Primeval: Obsession // Detachment’, “What We Know” Streaming Now
Days after talk of a new single from nü-core outfit Tallah began making the rounds with the band calling for extras to fill out the accompanying music video, the nü-core outfit have announced a new album and dropped its opening track, “What we know”.
The album, titled Primeval: Obsession // Detachment, will be released on September 5 via Earache Records. Described by vocalist Justin Bonitz as a concept album, this new release will be their follow up to 2022’s The Generation of Danger.
“Primeval Obsession/Detachment is a concept album taking place on an alien planet. The story follows two characters, Ana (a nurse) and Sheelah (an assassin). Both are approached by the same group of beings, who ask the main characters to each perform a task that will test their values and push their morals to the limit before ending with twist after twist. The album explores morality, duty, personal beliefs, duality, and understanding one’s place in society.
“For me, this album is Tallah finding our voice. During the writing process, no boxes were in place. No rules were set. Whatever felt uniquely us, that was what made the cut. I’m not sure how to even label this record’s sound beyond ‘Tallah’. It’s weird. It’s experimental. It’s driving, and energetic. It’s raw. We recorded live, every instrument at the same time, with no click. That’s how we play shows, so why would we record differently? This album also marks my first recording dedicated to bass. I translated my drum knowledge to a new instrument and it was a huge creative breath of fresh air for me.”
As for the single that dropped today, bassist Max Portnoy recollected how writing the track and the album as a whole went down.
“The first song that was written for the album, and easily my #1 Tallah song to date. The amount of experimentation on this track paved the road for the tone of the whole record. From performing the first half of the song on acoustic guitars, to layering trap-metal 808’s over a string quartet with dissonant plucks in the chorus, to a trading guitar solo with a talkbox and a slide, you can find so many fun tools we incorporated, without it feeling disjointed. To have all that experimentation, in a driving and energetic track with a massive chorus, made for my favorite piece of work yet. It was a no- brainer to start the record with this one.”
Primeval: Obsession // Detachment will be available on September 5 via Earache Records, but you can preorder your copy today.
Primeval:Obsession//Detachment Track Listing
- 05:01
- Whatweknow
- augmented
- asfateundoes
- myprimevalobsession
- _la|cuna_
- Aprimevaldetachment
- undonebyfate
- depleted
- whatwewant
- 07:09
