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LUX INTERNA unveil the lyric video ‘Into Night‘ as the first single taken from the American dark folk innovators‘ forthcoming new album “New Wilderness Gospel“, which is slated for release on May 2, 2025.
The video ‘Into Night‘ is available for immediate publication via the following link: https://youtu.be/-Aoc6pTg0Dc LUX INTERNA comment: “The first advance track, ‘Into Night’, is the oceanic heart of ‘New Wilderness Gospel’ as it weaves together many of the diverse tones and textures that define the album”, guitarist and singer Joshua Levi Ian explains on behalf of the band. “Lyrically, the song captures a pivotal moment of transformation in the narrative arc. Written in our mountain cabin in Northern California during a series of severe and unrelenting storms, the piece attempts to capture the uncanny blurring and blending of inner and outer landscapes that can occur during periods of prolonged absence from anthropocentric environments. In this world, the trees sway madly, their branches wave and scrape and scratch wildly against the thick hide of the night sky, and it feels as though they’d tear the moon down for company if they could. Then the static of the storm and the howls of the wind slowly coagulate into music. Into a message. And the whiskey in your glass conspires with the torrential rain to wash away the illusion of chronological time. Here, St. John’s ‘dark night of the soul’ opens up to an even older, wilder darkness. And in this darkness, a pure, sparkling moment of presence. God is there. And the dead are alive again. And the night reveals its hidden face as mercy, as the possibility of redemption. Or so the old mountain stories would have it – but who knows how reliable those storytellers are? They certainly spend too much time alone in the deep woods to be trusted!” Video credits With their fifth album “New Wilderness Gospel”, American dark folk innovators LUX INTERNA present the centrepiece of a larger ongoing multimedia work that envisions an anthropocenic apocalypse. The seeds of this artistic synthesis were planted during Joshua’s research for his doctoral dissertation, which involved translating and interpreting early modern esoteric manuscripts related to the heterodox mystic Jacob Böhme and his inner circle in Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Musically, LUX INTERNA spun “New Wilderness Gospel” out of diverse musical threads that include desert blues, Appalachian folk, gospel, gothic, psychedelia, post-punk and even, warped elements of 60s girl pop and 80s new wave. LUX INTERNA were conceived by Joshua Levi Ian and Kathryn Ian with a clear artistic vision in New York in 2000. Drawing inspiration from his intensive research in comparative mysticism and esoteric writings, Joshua’s lyrics emerge from a deeply personal reservoir of symbols, visions, and obsessions. Tracklist Current line-up Guest musician |
LUX INTERNA announce new album & release video single
