Irish genre-bending crew, Restive Nation has finally released their debut full-length LP. Featuring a stacked track-listing of singles, including their latest ‘Marionettist‘, the Dublin-based five-piece celebrated the release with a very special launch event in Dublin’s Grand Social venue.
‘The Marionettist‘ sees the band tip their hat to early millennium electronic genre, all-the-while keep their unique trademark sound. The band drafted in the animated services of Simon Prunty. And you can check out the video here at RAMzine.
Bassist, Timmy Lynch commented on the track; “’The Marionettist’ is a trip-hop infused progressive rock track with influences ranging from Massive Attack, Oceansize and Karnivool. There’s a unique blend of electronic elements which are reminiscent of early ‘00s electronic music. It starts quite funky but later progresses to a much darker themed song.”
Their music is for fans of Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Massive Attack, Mastodon, Enslaved and The Prodigy.
The album boasts ten cuts of sonic escapism venturing into realms of hard rock, electronica, progressive, extreme and punk-style hybrids that dominate with hair-raising melodies, soaring choruses and somewhat mind-bending concepts. A band that takes the less-travelled road, Restive Nation has been marching to the beat of their own drum since their formation back in 2016.
Tracks featured on the new album are: ‘Insufficient Information’, ‘Revolt/Reanimate’, ‘T.O.L’, ‘Bedtime Stories’, ‘Counterfeit’, ‘Red Mist’, ‘The Marionettist’, ‘Dyatlov Pass’, ‘White Ural’ and ‘Act III’.
Restive Nation, the album is out now on all good streaming platforms. A very limited number of vinyl editions are available for pre-order with the first 120 copies containing an exclusive limited edition art print, designed by MainStage Design Studios, and available here.
Previous single, “’Counterfeit’, is about people who are sculpted by the culture that forms around them rather than embracing their own identity and thinking their intellect is valued but in reality it’s extremely counter productive,” said the band.
“They seem to press the same narrative until it becomes all they talk about and you can’t even listen to their viewpoints anymore. You can barely even hear them. The musical and lyrical themes play off each other in the sense they both struggle with their identity in order to fit into a box. It can show the duality in a person’s actual and performative beliefs.”
