"Darkness is Light" evolved out of stream-of-consciousness verbalization. After I started thinking 'darkness is light' I was reading The Power Of Myth by Joseph Campbell and saw the same phrase. It's pretty funny that 'darkness is light' is also a mantra of the Church of Satan. The song is played on a Turkish saz. Ordering traditional Turkish/Arabic CDs online got me on some sort of 'list' at the Department of Homeland Security; sometimes they open my mail, stamp their logo on it, and send the CD back to the seller. Pretty hilarious. Welcome to America.
What's the next step for House Of Badgers perhaps, hopefully, another album?
Yes! At this point we'd like to find a label that we identify with on an aesthetic level, to release A Romance of Numbers. It's literally a ‘math-rock’ album. It's much more aggressive and driving than Death Birds. One of the newest tracks for A Romance of Numbers is called "Clocks." "Clocks" has 4 time signatures: 7/4, 4/4, 13/8, and 6/8. It's melodic and catchy, like Stereolab, but much more aggressive at times.
There is also an album concept that involves Noam Chomsky. It's a metal album. We'll have to see if we like the results once we've spent some more time with it. Then there's the video art and getting it to sync up to our live show in a sophisticated way. Finally, a music video for “Vultures” is on the way, a very talented filmmaker is working with us.
Thanks Amanda for taking the time to answer my questions. Please keep us posted with the new album A Romance Of Numbers. Hopefully people reading this might be inspired to get along to a House Of Badger show.
Please read the review for the Death Birds album that appeared on Blogcritics in August 2008. Also have a look at the House Of Badger website.
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