Swiss eclectic rock trio Dirty Sound Magnet will release their fourth full length album, Dreaming In Dystopia, on October 20 via Australian label, Wild Thing Records. Today they share the record’s opening track, ‘Melodies from Distant Shores‘ as the first single. Preorders for Dreaming In Dystopia (out October 20, 2023), are now live at https://ffm.to/dsm_dreamingindystopia and at the Wild Thing Music Store.
The unwavering innovation and experimentation that Dirty Sound Magnet applies to its sound is instantly apparent on the upcoming album’s first single ‘Melodies from Distant Shores’, bearing the vivid textures of folk rock. Its combination of kaleidoscopic guitars, kinetic percussion, atmospheric passages, and colorfully-sung lyrics coalesce into a partially autobiographical tale about Dzodzos’ upbringing in the folklore-steeped town of Fribourg, Switzerland.
“Fribourg is an old mystical town that has many gloomy legends featuring dragons, witches, and the Devil himself,” explains Dzodzos. “With ‘Melodies from Distant Shores’, I wanted to depict how I always felt like a stranger in a strange world growing up in the city, where it also doubled in cultivating this fear of the unknown as well through its mysterious history.”
That otherworldly aura is even more palpable in the ethereal ‘Melodies from Distant Shores’ music video that debuts alongside the single and the announcement of Dreaming In Dystopia. In order to visually capture that distinct atmosphere, the band opted to shoot the video at the very location that inspired much of the track in the first place.
“Many of Fribourg’s fantastical tales take place in the valley near the city’s old town,” explains Dzodzos. “It’s an area full of graphic poetry but the spooky vibrations never leave the air. There is a precise spot that inspired the atmosphere and the lyrics of ‘Melodies from Distant Shores’. We chose that very same spot to shoot the music video to channel the foresty and magical textures as heard on the track”
Listen to Melodies from Distant Shores:
https://ffm.to/dsm_melodies
