System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian is teaming with augmented actuality app Arloopa for the discharge of his new EP, Perplex Cities. Every of the 5 tracks will debut weekly beginning right now (Sept. 19) by way of the platform, with Tankian “showing in the identical house because the listener-viewer to elucidate the music and pay attention alongside.”
The track “Pop Imperialism” is the primary to be unveiled. The total EP can be launched to streaming companies on Oct. 21 by way of Tankian’s Serjical Strike label. “I really like the thought of showing within the room with somebody listening to my music,” Tankian enthuses. “It’s intimate, enjoyable and totally different.”
The artist says the music on Perplex Cities “is a very totally different sound than what I’ve performed earlier than. Extra digital, delicate and deeper by way of its layers of presentation musically. Perplex Cities provides off an aura that’s distinctive and in contrast to my earlier releases.”
Perplex Cities is the follow-up to the 2021 EP Elasticity. System Of A Down’s most up-to-date songs, “Defend the Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz,” had been launched in 2020. Tankian has been vocal in regards to the group having no plans to report a brand new album, however in July, he joined drummer John Dolmayan on stage to carry out the band’s “Aerials” on the latter’s fiftieth birthday celebration in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.
Perplex Cities monitor itemizing:
1. Pop Imperialism
2. The Race
3. I Spoke Up
4. Rumi Loves His Vehicles
5. Forgive Me Father