Escuela Grind have announced their new album Dreams On Algorithms is set to be released on October 18th. Along with the news, the band dropped a new single called “Turbulence“, which you can find the Michael Jari Davidson-directed video for below.
Katerina Economou, the band’s vocalist offered:
“We wanted to write an album that identifies what it’s like to consume in this era we live in: what we receive through our phones, the social media landscape, and personalized algorithms, and how it is translated by our subconscious. I think most people can relate to something in their online sphere infecting their dreams. This transfer was something we really wanted to expand on, and all of the songs have themes relating to dream analysis and technology.”
Jesse Fuentes, the band’s drummer offered:
“I had the idea for the ‘Turbulence‘ title during a plane ride where I thought I was actually gonna die. My mind was fixated on landing and playing the next show. It helped me cope, and then it kept happening on a couple of flights after that. My last in-person conversation with Napalm Death‘s Shane Embury was very emotional; he suggested we add clean vocals after he overheard Katerina doing some clean singing on the tour bus (after shows, on our winter 2023 European tour with NxDx, everyone would sing along together. it really was magical). The vocal hook and melody on ‘Turbulence‘ was created a day before vocals were to be recorded at GodCity. We took that airplane experience, and wrote some straightforward, but meaningful lyrics.”
Economou added:
“It will be immediately obvious when you first hear this song that it is a departure for us. We wanted to take a risk with ‘Turbulence‘, and after performing so many live shows over the last year we were ready to compile all that influence. The clean singing may take some people off-guard coming from a grind/hardcore band, but after touring with Napalm Death, we realized we wanted to incorporate that aspect into our music in a similar way. We definitely wanted a grungy, catchy chorus to sing at all of our upcoming festival appearances, and I hope the fans like the song as much as we do.”
Dreams On Algorithms track listing:
01 – “Doa”
02 – “Always Watching You”
03 – “Constant Passenger” (feat. The Acacia Strain)
04 – “Moral Injury”
05 – “Concept Of God”
06 – “Animus Multiform”
07 – “Scorpion”
08 – “Planned Obsolescence”
09 – “Toothless”
10 – “Turbulence”
