This was the perfect opportunity as it did not seem right to have only one woman’s voice on an album called Women. We are friends and have discussed collaborating for some time now.
How did Tara Connelly and Emma Rundle’s guest appearances come about, and how did their presence impact the album? Now we have built a solid castle, I have a well made fortress from which to sing from, and it is peopled by Women. I think we committed to embracing the struggle to live and thrive on Earth and to build something worth fighting for. We started out making plans in almost a disembodied dream state on Constantinople, and began to be more grounded and solid on Old World New Wave. I think it’s like we have been building a castle for all of these years. How has the band’s sound evolved/progressed on this album?
He approached us at maybe our third ever show expressing interest in the band, and we were already fans of his work. How did you decide to work with producer Sanford Parker, and how was the experience? I had a lot more freedom to explore vocally, and our rhythm section feels powerful in sort of a horsepower way if that makes sense. How did the addition of Scott and Adam affect the songwriting and recording dynamic for Women? So we roped our friend Adam (Murray) in and there you have it. As soon as we started writing with Scott I could hear much more filled out rhythm section in my head, which I did not want to take on, as I’d prefer to focus more on singing than on bass. Kelly and I had a great minimalist rhythm section, and as much as Scott honors the original foundation of Ides’ somewhat minimal tom oriented drum sound, he naturally fills out the space more than Kelly did. Sera Timms: It all started when we lost Kelly due to an injury she sustained, and we started playing with Scott Batiste of Saviours. Vocalist Sera Timms updates us on the changes, the new record, the Trump effect on music and more.Ĭhad Bowar: What led to the expansion of Ides Of Gemini to a quartet? Old World New Wave will be released on CD and digitally via Neurot Recordings and on vinyl via SIGE Records on September 16th, 2014.Women is the latest album from Ides Of Gemini, who have recently had some lineup shifts and are now a quartet. The Complex – Los Angeles, CA IDES OF GEMINI Record Release Show w/ Ancestors, Glaare, Maja D’Aoust (as The Oracle) Additional IDES rituals will to be announced in the coming weeks. IDES OF GEMINI will bring their ethereal nightmares to the stage this Fall with a pair of live performances, the first serving as the trio’s official record release gala in Los Angeles, the second playing Intronaut’s tenth anniversary show. Listed among Alternative Press’ Most Anticipated Albums Of The Rest Of 2014 as well as The Obelisk’s Records Not To Miss Before The New Year Hits, the follow-up to the band’s 2012 Constantinople debut, Old World New Wave was recorded at Valley Recording in Burbank, California, engineered and mixed by Chris Rakestraw (Danzig), mastered by Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer) and boasts the striking hand-drawn cover art of Johnston-Gibson.
A mechanized shamanic trance that sent me straight into the underworld lyrically.”Īdds Noisey: “ are about to put out a new album called Old World New Wave and there’s enough droney doom on it to make you feel like you’re stuck in David Lynch’s dreams….” Turn up and zone out to the infinitely absorbing “The Chalice & The Blade,” now playing via Noisey, at THIS LOCATION. Relays singer/bassist Sera Timms of the tune, “The main riff J brought in for ‘…Chalice…’ marches in as a transcendent assault with Kelly ’s oppressive, jagged beat moving it forward like some re-animated corpse. In celebration of Old World New Wave, the impending new release from ethereal sound serpents, IDES OF GEMINI, today Noisey, offers up the first official sampling of the record with “The Chalice & The Blade.”