Toronto-based Artoffact Records has announced the
signing of Vancouver synth-punk act Freak Dream. The band's debut
full-length, Into the Sun, will be released worldwide on
September 21st.
The first track leak from the album, the title
track "Into the Sun," is now streaming on Bandcamp.
Founded in Vancouver by musician Elliot
Langford (SSRIs, The Rebel Spell, Sprïng, Big EviL,
Togetherness), Freak Dream is a new project with one EP under its
belt and a relentless, energetic live show. Inspired by the work of
solo producer artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Prince, and Grimes,
Freak Dream takes the cathartic energy of punk (Converge, Blood
Brothers), and the textures of noise-rock (HEALTH, Melt Banana),
combined with post-hardcore influenced vocals.
The project’s first full-length album, Into
the Sun, will be released on Toronto-based Artoffact Records on
September 21st
Described by Overblown as "an
unrelenting blast of swirling feedback, tense synths, saturated
vocals, and tightly wound songwriting," Freak Dream is bending
genres and creating a wild, techno-punk admixture of sonic assaults
guaranteed to get the dopamine flowing.