illuminatus featured on LeftLion Alt:Lion podcast

Our new track ‘murdocracy’ is featured in the latest edition of Alt:Lion, the alternative music posdcast from the awesome (and fiercely independent) Nottingham-based cultural & media empire that is Left Lion.

Listen to the full podcast here -> http://www.leftlion.co.uk/audio.cfm/id/108

‘Murdocracy’ album preview on YouTube

New album preview #2 – Murdocracy

White Collar Criminal

The second track of the album is “Murdocracy”, probably one of the best tracks we’ve ever written.

We’re really excited about this one, and we can’t wait for you all to hear it yourselves.  Musically, in some ways it’s a foray into new ground for us again… heavier, faster, more intense and complex; but there’s also a return to the more progressive and epic sounds of our first couple of EPs (Emotion Sickness for example)…. this kind of a running theme throughout the album.

More complex songs, heavier, faster where it needs to be, but also slower and more reserved in other parts.  We’ve gone to both ends of the extremes much more than ever before.

Lyrically it’s big, visceral and uncompromising.  I don’t think it needs much of an explanation.  Here goes:

murdocracy

tell me what you believe
that hysteria is written by men
who are paid to believe
what their leaders were told
like the bravery of fighting a war by remote control

we worshipped the pillars of greed
and the silent majority shuffled along with muted dissent
as white collar criminals gambled their empires away

but you’ve got blood on your hands
but you’ve got blood on your hands

but it’s not a question of faith
there’s a man with a cross in his hands
and a darkness that burns through his soul
if your god does exist, then you’ll be the first  to burn

but you’ve got blood on your hands
but you’ve got blood on your hands

Our new album, ‘Glasnost’ will be out in Autumn 2010 via Headroom records.

Murdocracy!

Not our van, yesterday

Well, folks… the time draws closer.  This Saturday we head off -via good old-fashioned amphibious transport- to Germany to begin recording our new album.

We’ll be making a short stop in Belgium to replenish The Whammobile, and then make our merry way down to Institut für Wohlklangforschung in Hannover.

Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be try our best at keeping you entertained via daily studio blogs, complete with video and photos wherever appropriate possible.

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