ARCADEA (BRANN DAILOR, CORE ATOMS & JOÃO NOGUEIRA) RELEASE “LAKE OF RUST”
EXODUS OF GRAVITY ARRIVES AUGUST 22 VIA RELAPSE RECORDS
PRE-ORDERS: HERE
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.
Aug. 12, 2025, ATLANTA – Arcadea unveil a final preview of their forthcoming album, the ultra-groovy, synth-driven Exodus of Gravity (Aug. 22, Relapse Records), with today’s release of “Lake of Rust” and its hypnotic lyric video (https://youtu.be/jcatxS-HBpE) that once again builds on the surreal, Skinner-created album artwork.
“Lake of Rust” explodes with a steady blast of synth stabs as Brann Dailor’s heavy metal vocal delivery tears across the stereo field. “This is where our hero is crossing this giant lake of lava with floating icebergs in it,” Core Atoms explains. “They’re heading towards the galactic lighthouse where New Arcadea’s mysterious source of light originates. This is everything they see on their adventure. In terms of human emotion, it’s power, anger and revenge. It’s about getting there and saving the day no matter what.”
Musically, the track draws from Dailor’s affinity for progressive and electronic music: “I like synth-based music, and that’s a big part of my musical catalog at home: seventies French electronic stuff, in the realm of Arcadea,” he says in a newly published interview with Revolver. “Some of my favorite stuff from the bigger prog groups out there, like Genesis, are the synth moments. I wanted to make an album that sounded like those moments.
Arcadea previously previewed the twelve-song collection with “Fuzzy Planet” and the mesmerizing intergalactic love story depicted in the accompanying video as well as the debut of the album’s title track, “Exodus of Gravity.”
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
The Exodus of Gravity album cover; artwork by Skinner
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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