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IDEAMEN'S "New Album Pre Order Campaign / Merch & Touring Vehicle Fundraiser" is happening now at www.iloveideamen.com . This is a totally DIY campaign DIRECTLY with Ideamen & their fans.
Ideamen is releasing their new album Trained When We're Young on Rotten Records, scheduled for Friday, August 25th 2017. This long awaited release continues to carry the bands signature sound laid down in previous albums May You Live In Interesting Times and Schemata while exploring a bit broader musical path & making it their own. The overall vibe of Trained When We're Young is a vibrant blend of bi-polarism, from the dark hallways of "Cold As February" to the abject giddiness of "This Message", the stoner rock space anthem-ness of "Beg For A Plea" to "Rainy Days" with a laid back sound sopping wet & laying in a puddle somewhere on Abbey Road. Whether or not you are familiar with Ideamen, you will appreciate the alternatively dreamy yet crunchy guitars, precise explosions of drums, finely crafted keyboard melodies, gritty driving bass, and beautifully arranged and layered vocal harmonies.
Ideamen hails from Chicago Illinois, formed in 2007 by Tim Swanson (Keyboards and Vocals), Mark Vasquez (Bass), Dave Solar (Vocals) and Phil Goodrich (Drums), and have since added Phil Miller and Greg Millikan (Guitars). Their first EP Progress was well received by fans and critics around the world with its unique blend of Classical, Punk, and Salsa. The success of the initial release gave Ideamen enough momentum to sign on with Rotten Records in 2009, releasing their first full length album May You Live In Interesting Times. It picked up where Progress left off, taking a Queen inspired approach to the vocal production that would ultimately help shape Ideamens sound. Schemata, their second album on Rotten released in 2014, encapsulated a mood darker than its predecessor, with reoccurring melodies infused with a tone of hopelessness peppered brilliantly throughout this masterpiece.
Ideamen has sold albums around the world and shared the stage with such artists as Foxy Shazam, Tub-Ring, Green Jelly, Psychostick and Civil Twilight. The fate of the world may look bleak, but Ideamen will be carrying a torch & touring on the release of Trained When We're Young throughout 2017.
Trained When We're Young Track list:
Genesis
Deck Of Cards
Beg For A Plea
Rainy Days
Cold As February
Fall From Grace
Frantic Avenue
This Message
Confidence Shattered
Right On
An Unreliable Historian
Description
Indie / Alt Rock / Experimental / Progressive / Pop
Dead Utopia
Ideamen Lyrics
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The first few lines of Ideamen's "Dead Utopia" seem to highlight the sense of being lost or disconnected from the world. "Awake in life without a birth" could be interpreted as feeling like one is living without a clear purpose, while "Unite, revise and deal" suggests a resolve to make things better. However, the next line refers to drones overthrowing, which could be seen as a metaphor for feeling powerless against a system that is beyond our control. The repetition of "going and going... gone" emphasizes the feeling of being swept away by forces seemingly beyond our control.
The following lines seem to point to the power of communication in shaping our understanding of the world. "We sent a message encoding wavelengths of past and present" may refer to the transmission of culture and knowledge across generations. The line "trace the bloodlines of ones and zeros and redefine us" could be interpreted as a call to use technology to understand our shared history and reshape our present and future. However, the closing lines of the song suggest a sense of triumph over these forces: "This fire I light will ignite you, skin peels and all your inside bloom. The tide rises as we shoot the moon. The present, carried away to make future suns grey (color the suns grey). As we reign."
Overall, "Dead Utopia" seems to explore themes of powerlessness, communication, and triumph over adversity.
Line by Line Meaning
Awake in life without a birth.
Existing without a clear purpose or origin.
Unite, revise and deal.
Work together, make changes, and negotiate solutions.
But now the drones will overthrow.
However, the machines will take control.
You win...You win.
Sarcastic acknowledgement of defeat.
We sent a message encoding wavelengths of past and present.
We communicated a message that tells the story of where we come from and where we are now.
So trace the bloodlines of ones and zeros and redefine us.
Understand the origins of our digital world and help us redefine what it means to be human.
Going and going… Gone.
Fading away into nothingness.
We’re shutting it down, your little wildcard.
We are putting an end to your unpredictable behavior.
This prevalent smile is a junkyard.
The constant facade of happiness is a mask for a hidden waste heap.
You’re standing naked with discharge.
You are exposed and vulnerable in a world of waste.
Going and going… Gone.
Slowly disappearing.
This fire I light will ignite you, skin peels and all your inside bloom.
The passion and intensity of my actions will reveal the true nature of your being.
The tide rises as we shoot the moon.
We will take risks and push boundaries in order to make an impact.
The present, carried away to make future suns grey (color the suns grey).
The present is constantly moving towards a future that is uncertain and potentially bleak.
As we reign.
As we take control and lead the way forward.
Contributed by Maria Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Don Belcher
Utopia will never die.