Iguana Post “Time Translation Symmetry” Video; Album out Now
I’m not really sure what’s happening in the new Iguana video, but I sure dig it. In look and sound, “Time Translation Symmetry” sums up the spirit of the album that sort of bears its name, a classic progressive vibe playing out across mellow-but-tonally-present psychedelic rock. The animation seems to be Flash or whatever the modern digital equivalent of it is — I’m sure it’s not Flash, or if it is, Flash has been updated to the point of being unrecognizable from what my turn-of-the-century-thinking-ass thinks of when he thinks of Flash animation; Homestar Runner, Napster Bad, and so on — but the method I suppose is secondary to the work itself, which is richly colored and nuanced in the texture and of course one could very, very easily say the same thing about the song. It’s nice when things tie together like that. It doesn’t always happen.
Iguana‘s album, Translational Symmetry (review here), was released on Nov. 15 as their first outing for Tonzonen Records — it’s their third full-length overall — and it’s their most realized vision yet in terms of their particular take on progressive rock. Coming as they do from a fuzzy psych background, I think you can hear that in some of the tone on “Time Translation Symmetry,” with a bit of classic strut in there for good measure, but the melodies and the modus of the song itself are clearly reaching beyond simple microgenre confines, and like the mysterious polygon that shows up on the album’s cover and in the video as well — along with some likewise-mysterious hot-dog-in-bun-shaped alien ships — it’s multiple sides coming together to form a cohesive whole.
If you find yourself thinking that’s an awful lot of work for a four-and-a-half-minute track to do, you’re right.
Enjoy the video:
Iguana, “Time Translation Symmetry” official video
Band: Iguana
Song: Time Translation Symmetry
Album: Translational Symmetry
Label: Tonzonen Records 2019
Artwork, animation and cut by Martin Böer.
Additional artwork, animation und cut by Michael Chlebusch.
Order via Bandcamp: https://iguana.bandcamp.com/
Order via Tonzonen Records: https://www.tonzonen.de/iguana/
Iguana is:
Alexander Lörinczy | Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer
Alexander May | Bass
Robert Meier | Drums
Thomas May | Guitar, Synthesizer
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