Nuclear Dudes to Release Truth Paste Sept. 5; “Pelvis Presley” Streaming Now
There isn’t really an announcement here, just the info I grabbed from Bandcamp, but I wanted to get a post up anyhow for Nuclear Dudes‘ upcoming album, Truth Paste. The anti-genre solo-project of Jon Weisnewski — who just played Hellfest in France with Sandrider, which is pretty good for a band who broke up earlier this year — was last heard from with late-’24’s Compression Crimes Vol. I (review here), which was more ambient and foreboding. Based on “Pelvis Presley,” which packs Meshuggah and Genghis Tron into 76 ADHD-diagnosable seconds, Truth Paste will be more in line with the project’s 2023 offering, Boss Blades (review here) in refusing to pummel on any terms other than its own.
This isn’t the kind of thing I expect a bunch of people are going to jump much. It’s got precious little to do with heavy rock and roll, and its metallic aspects are wrought with punker mischief. Remember when headbangers were pissed because The Dillinger Escape Plan were metal? If anyone was paying attention anymore, Nuclear Dudes‘ merry brand of iconoclastic shenanigans would find similar disdain among the smallminded. But that’s not you. You get it. You know the weirder the better. The louder, harder-hitting. I look forward to “Napalm Life” — as opposed to death — and “Juggalos for Congress,” which is to say the irreverence is welcome.
Nothing really came down the PR wire for it, again. There was the Bandcamp ‘this thing exists’ notification. I grabbed the recording credits and tracklisting from Bandcamp though and the streaming player where you can hear “Pelvis Presley.” I’d advise you to do that and if it’s too much, try again later with a more open mind. Have at it:
It went live a few days ago… but the next full length TRUTH PASTE is up for pre-order. This album is a collaboration with Brandon Nakamura (Doomsday 1999 / Teen Cthulhu) on vocals and is the album of the songs we’ve been playing live over the last few years.
Why pre-order a digital release?
No idea. It’s what they told me to do.
1. Napalm Life
2. Holiday Warfare
3. Truth Paste
4. Dirty 20
5. Sad Vicious
6. Concussion Protocol
7. Space Juice
8. Juggalos for Congress
9. Pelvis Presley
10. Death at Burning Man
11. Cyrus the Virus
Clarence Boddicker will set you free.
releases September 5, 2025
Songs written and recorded by Jon Weisnewski
Vocals by Brandon Nakamura and Jon Weisnewski
Mixed by Matt Bayles
Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering
Cover skull graphic by Cooper Weisnewski
Layout by Nat Damm
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https://nucleardudes.bandcamp.com/
