{"id":26150,"date":"2017-07-09T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T16:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26150"},"modified":"2017-07-08T07:50:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T11:50:27","slug":"ice-balloons-release-wasp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26150","title":{"rendered":"Ice Balloons release &#8216;The Wasp&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26151\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?resize=2288%2C1535\" alt=\"Ice Balloons\" width=\"2288\" height=\"1535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?w=2288&amp;ssl=1 2288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?resize=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?resize=624%2C419&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><em>The Wasp <\/em>is the latest track from Brooklyn\u2019s no-wave, noise-punk supergroup Ice Balloons &#8211; made up of Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), Sean Kennerly (Samiam), Sean Powell (Fuckemos, Surfbort), Giselle Reiber (Midnight Masses), Dan Scinta (Wild Yaks) and BA Miale. The track is lifted off of their upcoming LP &#8216;Fiesta,&#8217; which will be out August 11<sup>th<\/sup> via Volar Records.Take a listen to <em>The Wasp<\/em> via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F329080677&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=787573\"><\/iframe>\n<p>As much a cult as a band, helmed by a giant golden fly,\u00a0Ice\u00a0Balloons\u00a0celebrates chaos as fizzles and lasers pop from every broken corner of their tumbled offerings.\u00a0<em>The Wasp<\/em>\u00a0is no exception \u2013 the track, like most of the record, was inspired by insects after a hallucination caused by altitude sickness during a trip to Colorado. Sean Kennerly tells The FADER, <em>\u201cThe song chronicles the development of parasitic wasp babies inside a caterpillar as they slowly eat its body away until they are large enough to emerge. Two of the baby wasps, however, remain behind, sacrificing themselves by lodging in the wasp\u2019s brain to turn it into a zombie that will hover over the newly emerged babies, guarding them from small predators with its last glimmers of life.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fiesta&#8217; is out August 11 on limited color vinyl and all digital formats via Volar Records. Pre-orders of the vinyl are available at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=430f4c6741&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volar Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Wasp is the latest track from Brooklyn\u2019s no-wave, noise-punk supergroup Ice Balloons &#8211; made up of Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), Sean Kennerly <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26150\" title=\"Ice Balloons release &#8216;The Wasp&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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},"categories":[22,23,28,30,31],"tags":[6405,6406,2580],"class_list":["post-26150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-noise","tag-ice-balloons","tag-the-wasp","tag-volar-records"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5b6785ce-1481-47ee-a075-b63e2178f9fe.jpg?fit=2288%2C1535&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6NM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26981,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26981","url_meta":{"origin":26150,"position":0},"title":"Supergroup Ice Balloons share &#8216;Pie is Alive&#8217; video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Ice Balloons\u2019 new video Pie Is Alive, lifted off their new album 'Fiesta,'\u00a0showcases the group\u2019s electronic and psychedelic freak out through its use of their iconic golden fly and slow motion beach fighting. 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