Norma Jean have released a music video for ‘Everyone Talking Over Everyone Else.’ The song is one of the heavier tunes across “Polar Similar” the band’s seventh record since their inception. Which is released on Sept. 9th. through Solid State Records. Featuring a bombastic approach to the songwriting, the song never lets the listener have a moment to catch their breath, chugging through riffs and blasting through rhythm sections without anything held back. This attitude seems to be what Norma Jean sought to capture across the entire record, a fire breathing group of musicians not ready to slow anything down.
The music video finds live shots of the band playing with an ominous lighting overhead. It’s a furious assault backed by quick changing camera angles between the band and a masked woman trying to escape from a labyrinth. There are also shots of the woman taking a sledgehammer to the wall, which is exactly what I want to be doing while listening to ‘Everyone Talking Over Everyone Else.’ It’s shot beautifully in regards to the music, making sure the song’s pulse has a visual aesthetic attached to it, albeit a dark, eerie one at that. It’s the perfect soundtrack to Cory Brandan’s visceral screams as well. The video can be watched below.
“…once you press play it’s impossible for your mind to wander at all, leaving you to digest Polar Simliar as one giant, all-encompassing piece of pitch-black brilliance.” — Metal Hammer
“‘Polar Similar’ is once again an evolution for Norma Jean. It’s relentless, it’s cacophonous, and has some of the bands heaviest, most technically proficient work to date.” — Punktastic
The band is comprised of: Chris Day – Guitar, Cory Brandan – Vocals, Jeff Hickey – Guitar, Clayton “Goose” Holyoak – Drums, John Finnegan– Bass.
“Polar Similar” track listing:
01. I. The Planet
02. Everyone Talking Over Everyone Else
03. Forever Hurtling Towards Andromeda (stream)
04. 1,000,000 Watts (stream)
05. II. The People
06. Death Is A Living Partner
07. Synthetic Sun
08. Reaction
09. III. The Nebula
10. The Close And Discontent
11. An Ocean Of War
12. A Thousand Years A Minute
13. IV. The Nexus
Upcoming Shows:
Sep 24 Krankd Up Festival, Alberton, South Africa
Sep 29 Zal Ozhidaniya Saint Petersburg, Russia
Sep 30 Volta Club Moscow, Russian Federation
Oct 01 Dom Pechati Yekaterinburg, Russia
Oct 02 Milo Nizhniy Novgorod, Russian Federation
Nov 04 Granada Theater, Lawrence, KS
Nov 05 Summit Music Hall, Denver, CO
Nov 06 The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 08 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Nov 09 Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR
Nov 10 Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
Nov 11 Soma, San Diego, CA
Nov 12 The Glass House Pomona, CA
Nov 13 Chain Reaction Anaheim, CA
Nov 14 Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Nov 15 The Nile, Mesa, AZ
Nov 16 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
Nov 17 89th Street Collective, Oklahoma City, OK
Nov 19 The Korova San Antonio, TX
Dec 01 The Social Orlando, FL
Dec 02 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
Dec 03 The Underground, Charlotte, NC
Dec 04 Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD
Dec 06 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
Dec 07 Palladium Upstairs Worcester, MA
Dec 08 Gramercy Theatre New York, NY
Dec 09 Mr.Smalls, Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 10 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
Dec 11 The Crofoot Ballroom Pontiac, MI
Dec 13 Wooly’s Des Moines, IA
Dec 14 The Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN
Dec 15 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
Dec 16 The Ready Room St Louis, MO
Dec 18 The Door Dallas, TX
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