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“Truth Paste” is the latest single from deranged West Coast duo NUCLEAR DUDES. The track, now playing in video form courtesy of Decibel Magazine, comes by way of the record of the same name, set for release on September 5th.
Offers the band on the track, “Our in-house animation department was on a tight deadline juggling a variety of clients, so we had to outsource the ‘Truth Paste’ asset to trusted vendors. Despite changes in scope and numerous unreliable product owners (putting executive scrutiny on our KPIs), we eventually got the project on a predictable timeline. Early usability reports were promising. After a few rapid rounds of analytics and targeted pivots, the team was able to land certification release requirements and hit the launch window. Postmortem reported minimal down tick in team morale or productivity. We are awaiting shareholder response. Please enjoy ‘Truth Paste.’”
Adds Decibel, “The pair have put together a video for the title track and it is as suitably insane and obtuse as the song it accompanies. There is, of course, tooth brushing, an obligatory shower scene and it’s all wrapped up with what looks like footage of a retirement home conga line. Like we said, if you’ve got a minute, you won’t be disappointed by what you see and hear. We can’t really explain it any better than that.”
Watch “Truth Paste” at Decibel magazine HERE.
Forged in 2022 by Jon Weisnewski, known best for his screams and string punishment in both Akimbo and Sandrider, NUCLEAR DUDES is a manic mix of extreme metal, synth-prog, powerviolence, and industrial noise and initially a prolific bedroom project that sated Weisnewski’s desire to write complex, bone-pureeing riffs and drum machine blasts. After a brief synthwave digression with Compression Crimes 1, the project returned with an altered version of what the band could do. And step one was recruiting a vocalist.
While third full-length Boss Blades had guest vocals from Dave Verellen of Botch and Irene Barber of Dust Moth, Truth Paste is the first record to feature vocalist Brandon Nakamura (Doomsday 1999, Cat Toy, Teen Cthulhu), who played with Weisnewski in the short-lived 2010’s grind act White Jazz. Originally brought on for live performances, Nakamura was recruited to perform most of the vocal duties for Truth Paste, with his scathing delivery and abstractly humorous lyrics punctuating the synthetic chaos and adding density to the massive riffs behind him.
Weisnewski admits that the new album was written to create an easier transition from record to live, but this move inadvertently created the band’s most impressive and memorable work yet. The mixture of noise, percussive beats, extreme metal, and movie samples makes this experience like a ‘90s rave where the candy necklaces have been replaced with bath salts.
Songs like “Juggalos For Congress,” “Death at Burning Man,” and “Concussion Protocol” take so many wild swings and left turns that it demands multiple listens to catch your breath and figure out exactly what the band pulled off. And each of those listens reveals a new breakdown or killer melody or just some weird idea out of nowhere that will then drill its way into your temporal lobe.
Elaborates Weisnewski, “Truth Paste is the chunk of songs NUCLEAR DUDES has been playing live as a two-piece. The amount of gear, wires, and headaches it takes to play this stuff to small, confused audiences is sure to pay off down the road. Collaborating on this album with my longtime friend Brandon Nakamura has been incredibly rewarding. We share a disdain for self-seriousness and are only trying to make each other laugh. That being said, we are emotionally prepared to accept a Grammy should the institution see fit.”
Adds Nakamura, “We’re here for the laughs and access to the Epstein client list. It’s an honor and privilege to have been called into service by my long-standing homeboy Jon Weisneski on this mission. Godspeed to us both.”
All songs on Truth Paste were written and recorded by Jon Weisnewski, mixed by Matt Bayles, and mastered by Ed Brooks, with vocals by Nakamura and Weisnewski. Truth Paste is a band following their own unstable path, presenting music that is fun, funny, and absolutely devastating.
The record will be released digitally. Find preorders at the official NUCLEAR DUDES Bandcamp page HERE where first single, “Pelvis Presley,” can be streamed.
Truth Paste Track Listing:
- Napalm Life
- Holiday Warfare
- Truth Paste
- Dirty 20
- Sad Vicious
- Concussion Protocol
- Space Juice
- Juggalos For Congress
- Pelvis Presley
- Death At Burning Man
- Cyrus The Virus
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