“SINGULARITY”: NEW TEXTURES MAKES EARS HAPPY

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 11:30am by

Here’s the best new song you’ll hear all day, and possibly all week: “Singularity,” the first officially-released track off of Textures’ new album, Dualism. (There was a live bootleg of a different new tune earlier this summer, but obviously the quality of this studio recording is a million times better.)

As part of my awesome job as a blogger, I’ve been privileged enough to hear Dualism already, and it does not disappoint. Like 2008′s Silhouettes, it’s full of proggy goodness that combines angular Meshuggah-esque riffage with Faith No Moreian semi-pop sensibilities, and if you were at all worried about new vocalist Daniël de Jongh, those concerns will dissolve away the very millisecond he opens his mouth. There’s also a range of types of extreme music on the record; even if you’re too thick-skulled to enjoy “Singularity,” there will be something on this album you’re gonna dig. Dualism fucking rules.

Go here to check out “Singularity.” You’ll have to like Textures on Facebook to hear the track, but you should be screaming your love for this band from mountain tops anyway. Dualism is available for pre-order here for U.S. headbangers and here for those in Europe.

And don’t forget that Textures will be touring North America for the first time ever this fall, and with Periphery, The Human Abstract, and The Contortionist, no less. Get dates here.

-AR

  • gauche

    i didn’t have to “like” them to hear the song.

    • CtrlZ

      I did, but then I had to Unlike it after hearing it.

      • Andrew

        Lol +1

  • BigBintheAV

    Textures is sick!! Can’t wait to catch all their California shows!

  • B-RAD IS RAD

    damn facebook. ill wait for youtubage.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Braund/707525448 Tom Braund

    new singer is talented but i can’t help thinking that this song would be better with the last guy. especially the screamed parts.

  • Tommy

    The new singer fits them well. Textures ftw!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Luke-Friebel/100000223433378 Luke Friebel

    This song fucking rules. I can not wait for this album, and to see them live, finally.

  • Sam Kang

    Pretty damn heavy and headbangable. Not sure how I feel about the production though

  • slandroid

    cool song. the clean vocals sound goofy, though. not that i have any problem with clean vocals in metal – i prefer it, really… but when they come in the first time, they sound totally out of place.

  • Driven9

    good song/bad for sure

  • Tortiss

    Sounds alot like Devin Townsend’s Terria at the beginning, very dece!

  • flow

    Fucking brilliant! I love it!

  • Carlos

    Fucking Facebook. I deleted my account a week ago. Oh well, I’ll wait.

  • Ayatolla Assahola

    Sounds pretty good, but I’m afraid Textures might stagnate. There’s nothing new at all here. It sounds like it could easily be a track from Silhouettes (sp?) I fucking LOVE Textures but I’m worried that they’re just treading water now.

    That’s why I’m glad Opeth is changing direction on the new one. The only bands that can really attain longevity are the ones that constantly grow, or even move laterally.

    BTW – This new singer sounds EXACTLY like the last one. This is not a bad thing at all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mitch-McGregor/1195550656 Mitch McGregor

    This is probably one of the few examples of still kicking ass after replacing a vocalist in a metal band.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=666667704 Bryan Proctor

    I have reviewed the new album. Ultimately, while it isn’t a bad album, you often come away from some of the songs feeling unattached, almost as if you didn’t hear it at all. There are exceptions such as Singularity and Arms of the Sea where the riff structure is very much progressive and tasteful, however a good deal of the songs in my opinion lack structural continuity. I would rate the album as a whole 3 out of 5.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=666667704 Bryan Proctor

    I have reviewed the new album. Ultimately, while it isn’t a bad album, you often come away from some of the songs feeling unattached, almost as if you didn’t hear it at all. There are exceptions such as Singularity and Arms of the Sea where the riff structure is very much progressive and tasteful, however a good deal of the songs in my opinion lack structural continuity. I would rate the album as a whole 3 out of 5.