ARCADEA (BRANN DAILOR, CORE ATOMS & JOÃO NOGUEIRA) UNVEIL TITLE TRACK FROM THE EXODUS OF GRAVITY (AUGUST 22, RELAPSE RECORDS)
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Five billion years in the future, Andromeda has merged with the Milky Way. On New Arcadea gravity is failing and only remnants of the 21st century remain: robots, AI, and non-sentient machines. But when strange spores are inhaled, life begins again, and with it, empathy, love, and a new consciousness emerges, born not of man, but of machine.
July 22, 2025, ATLANTA – Arcadea, the futuristic synth-rock outfit featuring Core Atoms, Brann Dailor, and João Nogueira, have released a second preview of the trio’s forthcoming album, The Exodus of Gravity (Aug. 22, Relapse Records), with today’s arrival of the collection’s title track, “Exodus of Gravity” (https://youtu.be/xj1EgjqMeN8).
Atoms shares the story behind the track: “It’s the future we find ourselves in, the once fertile terrain of New Arcadea seems barren, with the exception of lifeless robots & silent spores. Anxiety, doubt, curiosity & wonder propel the intrepid synthetic-observer through an odyssey. Slowly integrating with the spores, new senses are born within. A recognition of the possibility of planetary life ignites. A changing code yields a new mission deep within: LIFE. Through the spores, a new, powerful, sentience is gained. New senses reveal themselves as well as new anxieties… While a great metamorphosis is happening on the surface, just above, a hungry black hole looms, ingesting gravity, and the fundamental forces of the universe. Reality in reverse.”
The band previously previewed the twelve-song collection with “Fuzzy Planet” and its mesmerizing intergalactic, Bryan Bankovich-directed video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe88TGD0ENo). The clip transports viewers to Prom 5039: A Nightmare to Remember where synths swirl, the Prom Queen is a little green, different alien species flirt, and love blooms. Revolver described the track as “a return from the cosmos,” and Metal Injection described the video as a “psychedelic visual feast.”
“The object was to get a little more dancey and a little more fun,” Dailor explains. “As much as we liked how proggy the last Arcadea album was, it reminded me of what I already do in Mastodon. We wanted to explore the idea of doing something different. So, I wanted to really concentrate on groove and dance and embracing the electronic aspect of it.”
Recorded at West End Sound, in the basement of Mastodon’s Ember City practice space, The Exodus of Gravity is self-produced by Arcadea and engineered by Tom Tapley. The collection is available on a variety of limited-edition vinyl colorways, cassette, and digitally. Pre-orders are available now: http://www.relapse.com/pages/arcadea-the-exodus-of-gravity, with digital pre-saves available here: https://orcd.co/arcadea.
The Exodus of Gravity track listing:
1. Dark Star
2. Exodus of Gravity
3. Fuzzy Planet
4. Lake of Rust
5. Gilded Eye
6. 2 Shells
7. Galactic Lighthouse
8. Starry Messenger
9. Silent Spores
10. The Hand That Holds the Milky Way
11. Sparks
12. Planet Pounder
Arcadea is Core Atoms (synthesizers, guitars, bass, vocoder, Taurus pedals, mellotron, Hammond, theremin, samples), Brann Dailor (vocals, drums, acoustic percussion, toy piano), and João Nogueira (synthesizers). The Atlanta-based trio released their self-titled debut album in 2017. Atoms and Dailor first played together in the cult prog-funk outfit Gaylord.
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