Kadavar Post First The Isolation Tapes Single “Everything is Changing”
Immediate points to Kadavar for accuracy when it comes to their new single. The first track to be unveiled from the upcoming The Isolation Tapes LP — available for preorder from the Berlin trio’s website as of today — is “Everything is Changing,” and I suspect that when frontman Christoph “Lupus” Lindemann intones the title, he’s talking about more than just the fact that he and drummer Christoph “Tiger” Bartelt have shaved their long-worn beards. The song, with synthesizer where a guitar might otherwise lead the way — not at all the band’s first foray into synth, if you’re wondering, but still a departure from expectation — is melancholy and autobiographical featuring, with Lindemann describing restlessness in lyrics like, “Trying to make sense at home/Like the new guy coming into town,” and “I said I wouldn’t be home tonight/But things have changed too fast.”
One has no trouble believing both those sentiments are true. Kadavar — rounded out by Simon “Dragon” Bouteloup — of course had tour plans scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, and they’ve been on the road so persistently and for so long, that it’s easy to imagine being stuck at home as they might’ve been earlier this year was a marked change personally as well as a dent in their always-busy album cycle. As the song unfolds over its six minutes, the lonely feeling suits a year marked by social distance broken only by social unrest, and in the last verse, restlessness turns into apathy as the last verse finishes, “Now I want to stay for a while/Resting my tired limbs/And I want to hide for a while/From the sound of my strings.”
Fair enough, but Kadavar aren’t exactly hiding. “Everything is Changing” is meticulously arranged and holds the mark of songcraft that has typified their material all throughout the creative progression that’s made them one of heavy rock’s most pivotal acts of the last decade. And to be surrounded by change is to be alive, but the consistency with which Kadavar bring their material to light is the rare reassurance of a steady hand, and even “Everything is Changing” — a willful step-down in energy from some of their more brazen moments — benefits from how much of themselves the band puts into it.
As noted, The Isolation Tapes is up for preorder as of today. It’s out Oct. 23 through Robotor Records — the band’s new self-release label; which seems to be an imprint of Pelagic? — and as one might expect, the different color vinyls look lovely.
Enjoy the video:
Kadavar, “Everything is Changing” official video
‘EVERYTHING IS CHANGING’ from the album ‘THE ISOLATION TAPES’ released on 23 October on Robotor Records.
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Lupus: ‘The time of isolation has been a very intimate one that would not invite to write another hard rock album just like that. At home I wasn’t looking for loud guitars or walls of sound: everything turned quiet, both inside and outside, until sound almost disappeared. I would start listening to things I usually wouldn’t, like water drops, steps, birds or wind… So we started recording out of this new mental state, we would use loops for the very first time or play around with sounds we have never used before, resulting in a trip through our minds that captured these special times where everything was changing.’
Directed and Edited by Victor Puigcerver
Head Of Production Xavi Galindo
Color Grading Lita Bosch
Thanks to
Robin Banks
Olivia Airey
Early morning breaks the night
I get up I’ve slept way too long
doubt is moving through my mind
its been some time that i’ve played my songs
33 and things are changing
so long I’ve served you well
living the dream for many years
left alone in the hotel
Everything is changing
And there’s nothing I can do
i see all the good times fading
while I’m trying to get through
trying to make sense at home
like the new guy coming into town
There’s a world out there and it calls my name
but i don’t know how to get along
33 and things are changing
so long I’ve served you well
living the dream for many years
left alone in the hotel
i said i wouldn’t be home tonight
but things have changed too fast
now i want to stay for a while
resting my tired limbs
and i want to hide for a while
from the sound of my strings
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Its been a musical journey and having watched them slow things down in the live streams and reach for keyboards I was not totally surprised with the structure of this. Album ordered looking forward to another sonic adventure.