Luckily we’d started working on the album before the pandemic had begun, so we were relatively inspired and it looked like we had shows to play and we already had the instrumentals done for Dissipating, Movement, Ascend, Hyperion and Resident Human. How has the last 12 months affected Wheel as a creative unit? I’m just an enthusiastic amateur, observing what’s happening and trying to make sense of it all like everyone else. Since then, everything’s been completely off the radar of being predictable! I would never want to think that I know more than I do. I think I made the mistake of thinking this was coming to a head in 2016 when the Brexit vote happened. It’s just this exploration of humanity in the modern world, both in the classical sense of existential crisis, and the modern sense of trying to make sense of the crazy landscape – especially online – that we’ve seen emerge over the past ten years.Ī lot of things that are coming to a head now seem to be things that art and artists have been talking about and predicting for quite some time. It’s not really a concept album, but there’s a theme that connects all the subjects loosely. James Lascelles takes us into the intriguing collective mind of Wheel.Ĭan you explain the main concepts behind Resident Human? The release of their expansive and cerebral second album Resident Human is likely to elevate them further as it explores existentialist thought inspired by both recent world events and the work of writer Dan Simmons. MORE: VOID OF VISION: Something Old, Something New // CHASE ATLANTIC: Pensive Is As Pensive Does: “The Harder Life Is, The Better I Think Our Music Will Become.” REVIEWS: CHASE ATLANTIC: Beauty In Death // ROB ZOMBIE: The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy // VOID OF VISION: Hyperdaze (Redux) // ERRA: Erra // STEPSON: Help Me, Help You // WHEEL: Resident Human Formed in Finland in 2015 by ex-patriate Brit James Lascelles, Wheel have navigated the waters of modern progressive metal to become one the most promising and fastest rising bands in their field.
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