Killing Joke will release their new album, ’2012′, on April 2nd. Of course this is no April "joke"... According to the band, "2012 is the perfect year for us to be releasing an album that is as dense and as dark as the surrounding swirls of madness in the world. At a time when the news is fast-forward and the planet seems to be descending into madness, who better than Killing Joke to reflect this?"...
Jaz Coleman seems to be in an apocalyptic mood. He says "we are heading towards the Eschaton and no-one really knows what’s going to happen". The album will reflect this dark vision, but Jaz Coleman sees the great change in a more positive light – the dawning of the Age Of Aquarius…“This year is about getting our collective dreams in order, restoring the biosphere, the idea of well-being as opposed to economic growth, the idea of partnership and co-creation with fellow human beings, moving away from national boundaries and more towards what Schiller and Beethoven were saying in some of their work.”
Jaz describes the album tracks as follows: ‘Fema Camp’ is about the concentration camps they have been building in America; ‘Corporate Elect’ needs no explanation; ‘Rapture’ is the way I perceive a Killing Joke concert – it’s a spiritual experience for myself to get into that state of grace… music is the theme of mantra. I’m not into organised religion at all, but I’ve always liked what Fela Kuti did in Nigeria, playing music like it was a temple. Maybe we will evolve into a time where we will be performing for ritualistic and spiritual reasons alone and not for monetary reasons?”
“There’s a song called ‘On All Hallows Eve’, which is about my belief in ancestor worship, backed up by quantum theories that there is no death. You only ever remember the time-line that you are alive in – you can’t remember being dead because you never were. ‘Colony Collapse’ is about what’s happening, what’s going on out there. ‘Poleshift’ is the first track on the album and about the potential polar shift of the earth’s magnetic field, its erratic behaviour, and also the polar shift that will be needed.”
To celebrate the album’s release, Killing Joke has published the track ‘Rapture’ as a taster on YouTube.
According to the band, ‘2012’ is a dense and multi-layered work. Killing Joke have never sounded so intense. The songs are great washes of sound – a death disco with huge slabs of guitar that soundtracks these dangerous times... Looking forward to discovering this new album!
Track-listing
1.Pole Shift
2.Fema Camp
3.Rapture
4.Colony Collapse
5.Corporate Elect
6.In Cythera
7.Primobile
8.Glitch
9.Trance
10. On All Hallow’s Eve
Itunes exclusive track
11. New Uprising
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