Tour is over, we made a music video, we are obsessed with bare male asses, etc.

Got home yesterday morning after driving straight through from Nebraska, which means we were in a small ass van for like 24 hours straight. Never again. The part of the tour where we played shows with our best friends ever (Mouth Of The Architect and Behold... The Arctopus) on the other hand was in fact awesome. This was one of the longest trips Intronaut has ever done (7/29 - 9/10), and I could seriously do it all over again right now.

In a rare moment of genius, we decided to bring a video camera on the tour, capturing some great performances, bro down sessions, and the amazing characters we encountered along the way. I'll let you watch this 9 minute video we edited together to try and understand what life was like for 39 days or so. Part 2 should be coming soon.




We also made our first ever music video! It was done by Sera Timms, who also recently did equally as awesome videos for Isis and Pelican. We have seen a short clip, and I must say I am pretty impressed. We were kind of concerned that a video would come across as cheesy or forced, but Sera made a really elaborate storyline to go along with the very vague lyrical content (quite a feat) and just made this amazing video that we can totally be proud of.

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Ok, everything is finally finished and our new record has been scheduled for a 9/16 release date.

Click below to see an enlarged version of the cover art:




Tracklisting:

Primordial Soup
The Literal Black Cloud
Cavernous Den Of Shame
Prehistoricisms
Any Port
Sundial
Australopithecus
The Reptilian Brain
I. Sleep
II. Eat
III. Shit
IV. Fight
V. Fuck


We have also posted some footage of us jamming in the practice room:

Studio footage

So, here's some edited down footage of us in the studio recording the new album.

Gas is expensive.

So, we're back from a short 6-day run with our pals The Ocean and Lair Of The Minotaur. It was surprisingly awesome! That's not to say we didn't expect it to be awesome, it just surpassed our expectations completely. Thanks to everyone who came out to all the shows, and sorry to anyone who came out to see us in San Marcos at The Jumping Turtle, we really just couldn't afford to drive there from San Francisco, when our next show was all the way back up in San Luis Obispo.

We also played with some really awesome bands along the way that you should all check out.

Bantha (Phoenix)

- Doing the doom/sludge thing with piano. I loved it.

Giant Squid (San Francisco)

- Second time we've played with these guys. They just keep getting more awesome. Can't wait to hear their new record.

Ancestors (LA)

- If you are from LA, you probably know these guys. If not, they are really loud and (to me) sound like Iron Butterfly playing Neurosis songs. Seen them at least ten times now and it never gets old.

Black Math Horseman (LA)

- I was completely caught off guard by this band. They have pretty much everything I could ask for from a loud rock band. Big solid beats, slippery/spacey guitars, tasteful vocals, and awesome songs.

New Record! Tour!

First off, welcome to our official Intronaut blog. I decided to throw this up here finally, considering we haven't had a functioning website (aside from a myspace page) for at least a year now. This seems to be a pretty effective (and free) way to make and archive news postings, so hopefully I can commit myself to staying on top of all that.

First news posting is a pretty exciting one. We are currently mixing our brand new record, "Prehistoricisms", which should come out in mid September if all goes according to plan. This has been an exhaustive process for us, spending 16 hours a day in the studio with our awesome engineer/producer Josh Newell, all the while balancing this schedule with our day jobs. The result so far has been more than worth it. These songs and the quality at which they were recorded are far superior to anything this band has done yet. I am really proud of how everyone in this band worked together and took so much care in the writing and recording process of this thing.

We also were lucky enough to employ none other than Steeve Hurdle to do a guest solo on the song "Sundial". For those of you who do not know, Steeve was the guitar player in a band called Gorguts for the album "Obscura", which is one of the most unique metal records ever made. If you don't know this album and consider yourself a fan of extreme music, do yourself a favor and buy it immediately. Steeve is currently in a newer band called Negativa with the other guitar player from Gorguts, Luc Lemay, as well as the drummer from a band called Augury if I'm not mistaken.

As for the artwork, we went back to our old friend Ryan Wade, who also did the art that ended up on our first EP, "Null". We're not exactly sure what the final layout is going to be (layout design is being handled by our friend Jon Dobrowolski, who did "The Challenger" EP), but here is a decent quality (but small) jpeg of the art:



We have some video footage of the recording process that I will put up here soon, I'm just waiting for an analog to digital converter for Dave's Hi-8 camcorder to come in the mail. Had I known it would be this much of a headache to get this stuff online, I probably would have just sprung for a new digital video camera. Should be up next week.

We are also leaving this Thursday for a 6 date run with our german friends The Ocean, who we toured Europe with last fall, as well as Lair Of The Minotaur from Chicago. This should be a nice little run. I think we are going to try and play as many new songs as we can on these dates. Come check it out if you live in one of these areas!

June 12 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ

June 13 Audie’s Olympic – Fresno, CA

June 14 Annie’s Social Club – San Francisco, CA

June 15 The Jumping Turtle – San Marcos, CA

June 16 Downtown Brew – San Luis Obispo, CA

June 17 The Knitting Factory – Hollywood, CA (also with Ancestors and Black Math Horsemen)

That's about all I can think to report on for now. More updates to come.