photos by Sheri Furneaux
Decibel Magazine is hosting the exclusive premiere for “Another Song About The Sun,” the latest video and single from Connecticut’s self-deprecating entity INTERCOURSE. The track marks the third single preceding the band’s How I Fell In Love With The Void LP, nearing release on Brutal Panda Records.
INTERCOURSE’s How I Fell In Love With The Void delivers ten searing new tracks that merge elements of metallic hardcore into an antagonistic foundation of corrosive noise rock. The album was recorded by Chris Teti (The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die) at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, Connecticut. It was mastered by George Richter (Thy Will Be Done) and mixed by Chris Teti and Greg Thomas. The photograph on the album cover was shot by Sherilyn Furneaux (Portrayal Of Guilt) and features exotic dancer Clementine.
Vocalist Tarek Ahmed reveals with the “Another Song About The Sun” video, “The song is about having sobering moments of reflection about your station in life. The video was directed collaboratively between our guitarist Sean and Karen Jerzyk. It stars Greg Weeks from The Red Chord/Umbrae Vitrae as a coked up punishing Jesus. Also, our homies in Don’t Grow Old have a cameo as corpses in the end.”
With its premiere, Decibel writes, “Sardonic noise rock outfit INTERCOURSE are back with their latest proclamation of misery…”
Watch INTERCOURSE’s “Another Song About The Sun” video first at Decibel Magazine RIGHT HERE.
How I Fell In Love With The Void will be released on LP with multiple limited variants as well as CD, MC, and digitally on September 12th. Preorders are live at the Brutal Panda store HERE. And if you missed it, watch the horrifying “The Ballad Of Max Wright” video HERE.
Additional previews of the album will drop over the weeks ahead.
INTERCOURSE will bulldoze a path through the Central US alongside Nerver on their first run of tour dates surrounding their upcoming album. The tour will begin in Detroit on September 18th and will roll through Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Denton, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Chicago before ending the trek in Indianapolis on September 27th. See all confirmed dates below and expect further updates to post in the weeks ahead.
INTERCOURSE w/ Nerver:
9/18/2025 Outerlimits Lounge – Detroit, MI
9/19/2025 The Comet – Cincinnati, OH
9/20/2025 Mag Bar – Louisville, KY
9/21/2025 Havenhaus – Memphis, TN
9/22/2025 Rubber Gloves – Denton, TX
9/23/2025 Sanctuary – Oklahoma City, OK
9/24/2025 Howdy – Kansas City, MO
9/25/2025 Heavy Anchor – St. Louis, MO
9/26/2025 Burlington Bar – Chicago, IL
9/27/2025 Black Circle – Indianapolis, IN
“I have no life. I don’t fucking do anything else. I don’t have any hobbies. I don’t play video games. I don’t do fantasy football. I’m just obsessed with making music and writing.”
That’s INTERCOURSE vocalist Tarek Ahmed explaining how the acclaimed Connecticut noise rock band has averaged a release per year since forming in 2013. From their eponymous debut and 2018’s Everything’s Pornography When You’ve Got An Imagination to 2023’s Halo Castration Institute and last year’s Egyptian Democracy EP, INTERCOURSE has kicked against the pricks, power brokers and pissants who make America “great” while tempering their outlook with a self-deprecating look inward.
Which brings us to How I Fell In Love With The Void. Ahmed and his bandmates – guitarist Sean Prior, drummer Caleb Porter and bassist Pete Stroczkowski – spent more time and money on their fourth full-length than any of their previous releases. “Usually, we record in a basement home studio, or they’re done super quickly,” Ahmed says. “This time, we figured it was a really good investment to book a full week of studio time and challenge ourselves to write better songs.”
In fact, Ahmed ended up rewriting his lyrics three times. “I fucking wrote my ass off, and then I do this thing about two months out where I’m like, ‘Everything I wrote sucks, so I’m going to rewrite all the lyrics.’ Then a month before recording, my wife and I decided to split, so I tried to punch up the lyrics and make them funnier by throwing some divorce stuff in there. But I think I made it more depressing.”
Marital bliss aside, the lyrical themes on How I Fell In Love With The Void aren’t dissimilar from those on Intercourse’s 2016 EP, Pissing Into The Abyss, which features a cover illustration of a woman and a giant insect having sex while an alien watches. “On the new record, there’s definitely a lot of talking about the void and that emptiness that a lot of us try to fill with food, booze or sex,” Ahmed explains. “Pissing Into The Abyss was about being so comfortable with the void that you’ll just piss there. Unfortunately, I’m super acquainted with it. But once you realize that nothing will ever fill the void, it will no longer rule over you.”
Ultimately, How I Fell In Love With The Void is about being on the outside looking in. “We’re music for weirdos and freaks,” Ahmed says. “I grew up as the only Egyptian kid in a little white town. I’m an outsider, and we make music for outsiders. Every time we play a faraway place that we haven’t been to before, there’s always one person there that has followed us for years and is there specifically for us. They are always the weirdest person in the room, and I love that. Those are my people.”
INTERCOURSE:
Tarek Ahmed – vocals
Caleb Porter – drums
Sean Prior – guitar
Pete Stroczkowski – bass
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