{"id":40473,"date":"2024-05-24T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40473"},"modified":"2024-05-11T09:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T13:41:25","slug":"insect-ark-share-new-track-the-frozen-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40473","title":{"rendered":"Insect Ark share new track \u2018The Frozen Lake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Insect Ark, the Berlin-based duo featuring Dana Schechter (Swans) and Tim Wyskida (Khanate),\u00a0have shared a second-track from their upcoming album,\u00a0\u2018Raw Blood Singing\u2019\u00a0(due out on June 7 via Debemur Morti Productions), with the release of <em>The Frozen Lake<\/em>. Listen to <em>The Frozen Lake<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-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\/j922tGhKLEU?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><br><em>\u201c\u2019The Frozen Lake\u2019 is a sort of sick romantic fairy tale,\u201d<\/em> Schechter explains. \u201c<em>It takes place during winter, hidden far in the forest. The song is in essence a murder ballad: the heartsick protagonist, spurned by her lover, spins a sordid tale of his sacrifice by her hand. It doesn\u2019t end well for him, but from this release, they are both set free.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wyskida shares how the seven-and-a-half minute track came to be: \u201c<em>When Dana and I started working on songs for the new album, she played me recordings of various ideas. These days, I rarely hear a riff that gets my juices flowing. Dana had a great lap steel guitar riff. I had a separate idea, using fast cymbal bell patterns with bass drum hits, which sound like distant seismic events. I\u2019ve always liked pieces of music that shift suddenly and drastically between inconspicuously related environments. In \u2018The Frozen Lake,\u2019 divergent environments collide.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the eight-songs that make up\u00a0\u2018Raw Blood Singing,\u2019 Insect Ark weaves a lush, bleak, vast and expansive landscape as they move from whispers of synth to a monstrous wall-of-sound via\u00a0Schechter&#8217;s blistering lap steel playing, diabolical bass-work and the mammoth, searing power of\u00a0Wyskida&#8217;s drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/99C66A4F-62CB-47D2-8BCF-8AE3B0162A1A.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/99C66A4F-62CB-47D2-8BCF-8AE3B0162A1A.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024\" alt=\"Insect Ark Raw Blood Singing cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-40475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/99C66A4F-62CB-47D2-8BCF-8AE3B0162A1A.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/99C66A4F-62CB-47D2-8BCF-8AE3B0162A1A.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/99C66A4F-62CB-47D2-8BCF-8AE3B0162A1A.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/99C66A4F-62CB-47D2-8BCF-8AE3B0162A1A.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/99C66A4F-62CB-47D2-8BCF-8AE3B0162A1A.jpeg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Raw Blood Singing\u2019\u00a0track list<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Birth of a Black Diamond<br>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rxfc49ebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001touOWkH5SZPwi1EJQs2yRCkLdxIq8tgG9jcFaFHCpMwuipZEC0t0V4W5yK01_lTQI5Hqcy9WdeUt15gIYGrMuAuJikeopFffavNRgU9bs2lc02uCtcTL_XTXpzbNh9s3rhX76M50UZtmLOD4M4oXwgAj7fIj0msS_Bn3zx9CJclvLVgnsU2J2g==&amp;c=_OV3fZjfQZOPna5rXDQHkT_YfcOZEHPplSHmb-qARywhqdVM3B1hSw==&amp;ch=YpcqFApqu85vvOhWfVuDmb62gppsq8evOJMvEuPxIEClWn2XQSNAyg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Frozen Lake<\/a><br>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rxfc49ebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001touOWkH5SZPwi1EJQs2yRCkLdxIq8tgG9jcFaFHCpMwuipZEC0t0V2_2ivHdCJf7sfaKHsMAHjghcp-r0lqzagzQWRgJryrHlpFMAWjxnWqs5u7M5SlS_GXMgtCl64wRfRD5e8QpddAYEvxA2821ncre2w-_XMtszV8yrqsCEbPJ1DT-Uaof2w==&amp;c=_OV3fZjfQZOPna5rXDQHkT_YfcOZEHPplSHmb-qARywhqdVM3B1hSw==&amp;ch=YpcqFApqu85vvOhWfVuDmb62gppsq8evOJMvEuPxIEClWn2XQSNAyg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youth Body Swayed<\/a><br>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cleaven Hearted<br>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Hands<br>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Psychological Jackal<br>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Inverted Whirlpool<br>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ascension<br><br>Album pre-orders are available now (<a href=\"https:\/\/rxfc49ebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001touOWkH5SZPwi1EJQs2yRCkLdxIq8tgG9jcFaFHCpMwuipZEC0t0V2_2ivHdCJf7j5SHMc8YtTwOruNu9Y3O8i8OXA8MlRfUROx2ctFyC0heCQ2J1VWhgiTWMei4J3C3o9BPnNC2Fydhu9HOPx22JQcDvIK8n9ZS_E0NC2wjTqE=&amp;c=_OV3fZjfQZOPna5rXDQHkT_YfcOZEHPplSHmb-qARywhqdVM3B1hSw==&amp;ch=YpcqFApqu85vvOhWfVuDmb62gppsq8evOJMvEuPxIEClWn2XQSNAyg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bfan.link\/raw-blood-singing<\/a>), with the collection available on multiple limited-edition vinyl variants, as well as CD and digitally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about Insect Ark<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Insect Ark is Dana Schechter (bass\/lap steel\/synth\/vocals) and Tim Wyskida (drums\/percussion). Previously a solo endeavor led by Schechter, the band has released three albums:\u00a0\u2018Future Fossils\u2019\u00a0(2021),\u00a0\u2018The Vanishing\u2019\u00a0(2020) and\u00a0\u2018Marrow Hymns\u2019 (2018).\u00a0\u2018Raw Blood Singing,\u2019 Insect Ark\u2019s fourth full-length, is the result of a year spent writing. Sharing an obsession with innovation and distillation, the duo merged to create a sonic landscape which vacillates between sensory overload and isolation in a seething void. Many of the songs on\u00a0\u2018Raw Blood Singing\u2019 were penned alone by\u00a0<em>Schechter<\/em>; they were gutted, reworked and rebirthed when\u00a0Wyskida\u00a0joined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Insect Ark, the Berlin-based duo of Dana Schechter and Tim Wyskida, releases a new track, &#8220;The Frozen Lake,&#8221; from their upcoming album &#8216;Raw Blood Singing.&#8217; This murder ballad blends haunting romanticism with morbidity, set in a winter forest. Their album, characterized by lush, expansive soundscapes using diverse instruments, is set for release on June 7. Each song on the album represents complex sonic shifts and emotional intensity, demonstrating the duo&#8217;s innovative merging of sounds. The album will be available in various formats, including limited edition vinyl.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"","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":[22,23,28,30,1907],"tags":[11739,11740,11738],"class_list":["post-40473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-insect-ark","tag-raw-blood-singing","tag-the-frozen-lake"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FA558447-D12A-4D78-979E-086A281FDE2A.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-awN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44240,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44240","url_meta":{"origin":40473,"position":0},"title":"Earth Tongue dial up the fuzz on new single \u2018Silver Eye\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Get ready to ride a wave of psychedelic riffs: New Zealand psych duo\u00a0Earth Tongue\u00a0unleash their latest single,\u00a0Silver Eye, a blistering, fuzz-drenched highlight from their upcoming third album,\u00a0\u2018Dungeon Vision\u2019\u00a0(out February 13 via In The Red Records, produced by Ty Segall). 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