Rosetta have unveiled a new track titled “Self-Dealing Position,” offering another preview of what will be their final full-length album. ‘Temporal Lapse’ is scheduled to arrive on November 27 through Pelagic Records.
The upcoming effort carries considerable emotional weight, drawing from themes of grief, uncertainty and loss. Guitarist Matt Weed explained how the record’s original concept evolved through years of personal tragedy and upheaval.
“In late 2019 when we began working on the songs, we intended to focus on climate change. As we explored that concept, we became interested in the grief / loss dimension of environmental destruction — essentially, the human experience of loss as nature gives way to something else.
However, in 2020 the pandemic stopped the whole process cold, and it took years to get started again. In that time, a lot of personal grief and loss happened. I lost my house to a fire in 2022. Eric and I both lost our dads. Rather than looking at climate change through the lens of grief and loss, we ended up looking at personal grief and loss through the imagery of climate change and apocalypse.”
Weed also clarified that while ‘Temporal Lapse’ is intended to serve as the band’s final album, it does not necessarily mean Rosetta are closing the door on ever working together again. The group have long envisioned the record as the conclusion of their current chapter, followed by a final worldwide tour.
“This is the final album. We’re not breaking up; there’s always openness to doing interesting things together in the future. But even as far back as 2019, we intended to release one more full length as a capstone, do a ‘victory lap’ tour around the world, and then be done with Rosetta as it existed before.”
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