{"id":34277,"date":"2020-05-17T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34277"},"modified":"2020-05-16T07:30:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T11:30:27","slug":"the-rentals-share-new-single-video-information-and-the-island-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34277","title":{"rendered":"The Rentals share new single + video \u2018INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky)\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Rentals\u00a0have released their new single and \u201850s science fiction-inspired music video\u00a0<em>INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky)<\/em><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0The 13th release lifted from the group\u2019s upcoming 16-track majestic double album\u00a0\u2018Q36,\u2019 shows that\u00a0Matt Sharp\u00a0&amp; co. have saved some of their best and most universal music for the final four singles of The Rentals\u2019 outer space opus. Watch the video clip for <em>INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky)<\/em> via YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/88rTNC5lUBc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>INFORMATION<\/em> starts with an ethereal exploration of our&nbsp;incessant connectivity&nbsp;and the stress that technological&nbsp;anxiety induces on modern human society. Then, the song unexpectedly shifts gears, exploding into a visceral snarl, bellowing out a primal desire to take refuge in another star system\u2019s faraway sanctuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without the urging of Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist&nbsp;Nick Zinner, <em>INFORMATION<\/em> might have never seen the light of day, or the darkness of space, for that matter. Matt Sharp, the group\u2019s founding member and musical director, explains, \u201c<em>When Nick and I started collaborating on&nbsp;\u2018Q36,\u2019 I had only two rules that I wanted us to abide by. The first was that all of the music that we were going to work on needed to be bound together by the common themes of science fiction and outer space.&nbsp;The second rule was that it was 100% his responsibility to choose which songs we worked on. I knew that his artistic leanings often made him favor either more abstract or aggressive music and I wanted to be sure whatever we were creating together would be something that he could feel connected to naturally.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharp continues, explaining the origins of the song: \u201c<em>INFORMATION started out in the tradition of songs like \u2018Apeman\u2019 by The Kinks. It was a simple plea to start a new, less complicated life in the jungle. I had played Nick all of my 25 to 30 science fiction-based song ideas, but he still wasn\u2019t sure we had what we needed to complete sides C and D of the record, so I played him 25 more songs that took place on Earth. When he heard INFORMATION, he said, \u2018You need to find a way to put that song in outer space, because one way or another it needs to be on the album.\u2019 So, I left the idea of Tarzan and Cheeta behind and started looking for a cosmic chimpanzee.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s here on Earth or somewhere far off in the stars, every one of us can relate to the anxiety that comes with being plugged directly into the matrix, 24 hours a day. The desire to escape its forceful grip and live a less connected existence is one of the most universal desires of modern life. Who knows the toll our machines take on our individual and collective mental health. The separation anxiety we all feel when we\u2019ve misplaced our phones for a few minutes is certainly not a great sign. The relief we feel when we break the chains and make an active choice to log out and go off the grid for just a moment or two is equally as powerful. What is the balance we should all strive for? The Rentals\u2019 <em>INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky) <\/em>does not pretend to have the answers, but it does attempt to provide a diving board for us to jump headfirst into these questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Rentals\u00a0have released their new single and \u201850s science fiction-inspired music video\u00a0INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky).\u00a0The 13th release lifted from the group\u2019s upcoming <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34277\" title=\"The Rentals share new single + video \u2018INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky)\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: The Rentals share new single + video \u2018INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky)\u2019","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30],"tags":[9254,8693,2320],"class_list":["post-34277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-information-and-the-island-in-the-sky","tag-q36","tag-the-rentals"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/9BE3E5EE-5E05-41ED-8F5B-B32BF5623420.jpeg?fit=1220%2C814","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8UR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32918,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32918","url_meta":{"origin":34277,"position":0},"title":"The Rentals share new single \u2018Forgotten Astronaut\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Two years ago\u00a0Matt Sharp\u00a0begged Elon Musk to send him to outer space\u2026 that dream became a reality, as\u00a0The Rentals\u00a0launched\u00a0\u2018Q36\u2019 with the single\u00a0Forgotten Astronaut. 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