We basically like to create tiny sonic movies with each song we make. Bender added harrowing cello recorded in an empty water tank, Simon went full Phantom of the Opera organ-style, and Perrin's drum tones sound like a werewolf-gorilla hybrid smashing through a cityscape. There are real wolves that I recorded after visiting a wolf sanctuary in Upstate New York. I am obsessed with Halloween playlists, and keeping in the vein of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller', Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’s “Feast of the Mau Mau“, and our own 'Swamp Thing”, we wanted to explore the spooky thematics in how we produced the song. I used this image of preserving something in this lifetime to be accessed in another as a metaphor for an unobtainable relationship, to re-appear throughout the ages because circumstances won’t allow it this time around. When they preserved the body through mummification for the afterlife, the organs were contained in a canopic jar. “A canopic jar is an ancient artifact from Egypt. Singer Nai Palm is a long-time lover of Halloween inspired music, as she explains in the song’s meaning… ‘Canopic Jar’ is their first new music since the acclaimed release of the album “Mood Valiant” in June. A 12' vinyl release of the single package will be available on October 29th here. 'Canopic Jar' is a haunting, cyclical track exploring the descent into the darker corners of the mind. The twice Grammy-nominated band share a new single 'Canopic Jar' including a hypnotizing 32 second introduction titled 'Journey To The Crystal Tomb'.

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