JOHN by Paul Grace
JOHN will release it on September 22nd.
JOHN have unveiled the details of their new album A Life Diagrammatic.
It follows the run of standalone singles which have been released during the past few months, while Service Stationed is the lead track here and features guest vocals from Leona Farrugia of Anglo-Maltese quartet ĠENN.
“We immediately liked the propulsion of the song in the rehearsal room, I liked to think it mirrored the driving motion of the band’s outlook,” John Newton said.
“Trying to challenge ourselves by not automatically relying on repeatable tried and tested methods. I think that’s one of the reasons why we’re still a band after a decade.”
Simultaneously, the idea of a forward projection is contained in the thematics of the song too. There’s a pretty vampiric desire for progression in our present day, which is there to consistently generate new capital – even if it’s simply a masquerade of recycled matter proclaiming newness.
“This is often a fraught quest, diminishing quality in favour of retaining attention. It’s obviously something that has penetrated musical culture and this flash-in-the-pan attitude is something we’ve tried to steer clear of throughout our creative journey.”
A Life Diagrammatic tracklist:
At Peacehaven
Media Res
Côte D’Adur
A Submersible
A Whole House
Service Stationed
Construction Site/Summer_22
Trauma Mosaic
Riddley Scott Walker
The Common Cold
