It was nearly two years ago that we featured Iguana Death Cult in an article titled 12 Rising Bands From The Netherlands That You Need In Your Life. And true to our high expectations of them, the feral garage rockers have made their biggest announcement of their career this week: they have signed to the legendary Los Angeles-based indie label Innovative Leisure.
The record label is home to some of the greatest acts of the 21st Century: BadBadNotGood, J-E-T-S, The Molochs are among the best currently signed to them. And its alumni is special: Allah Las, Bass Drum Of Death, Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band are all fantastic bands.
Iguana Death Cult, who release their album on the label on 25 October, are the latest addition to their roster and it’s a thoroughly deserved move for the band. Based near Rotterdam, they first caught our attention for being one of the fastest garage rock bands around, about to burst at the seams, but keeping it together.
Their new release streaming above with an accompanying video directed by Thomas William Foster, however, doesn't encompass that belligerently shreddy side of theirs; it is indicative of a slight shift.
The press release states the new album sees them "blossom into an all-embracing unit that implements frameworks of post-punk, krautrock, new wave, soul and disco." And it holds "aloft a more cerebral and absurdist side of their songwriting."
Of the new track, the band released a statement in a press release: "[It's] mostly about old habits and new perspectives. I felt like I was stuck in a bad routine for a long time and I kind of got tired of the way I was living. Tired of being down all the time. Tired of being tired all the time. Things that seemed exciting and romantic in the past got boring and I felt the urge to find a way to not escape, but embrace life."
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