Atlanta, Georgia’s NORMA JEAN has released its explosive new single, “Forever Hurtling Towards Andromeda“.
The track is taken from the band’s upcoming seventh full-length, “Polar Similar“, due out September 9 via Solid State Records.
“Forever Hurtling Towards Andromeda” features guest vocals from Sean Ingram of metalcore pioneers COALESCE, with a performance that perfectly complements the pummeling track.
The song is one of the album’s more chaotic tracks, a concise blast that still finds time for a haunting vocal passage amongst the massive riffs, and closes with Ingram’s hostile appearance.
From the track “Everyone Talking Over Everyone Else“, an anthem about clawing yourself out of the cave of abusive relationships, to the song “A Thousand Years A Minute“, which looks inside self-harm, to “Reaction“, a song dealing with the struggle to reach victims, “Polar Similar” exposes — honestly and powerfully — the varied perspectives of relational abuse.
The making of “Polar Similar” in a secluded studio in the woods, however haunting, became a sanctuary for a twenty year legacy — one with the ability to build such mammoth sound as to reach the ears of those who need to hear it most.
Inspired by their isolated setting, NORMA JEAN made a powerful record to remind listeners that they aren’t alone.
“Polar Similar” track listing:
01. I. The Planet
02. Everyone Talking Over Everyone Else
03. Forever Hurtling Towards Andromeda
04. 1,000,000 Watts
05. II. The People
06. Death Is A Living Partner
07. Synthetic Sun
08. Reaction
09. III. The Nebula
10. The Close And Discontent
11. An Ocean Of War
12. A Thousand Years A Minute
13. IV. The Nexus
(via Blabbermouth)