Following last month’s ‘Revolt/Reanimate’ single, Ireland’s crossover progressive rockers, RESTIVE NATION return with a haunting, melancholic composition. ‘Act III’ is loaded with the bands’ renowned atmospheric soundscape that draws from elements of Tool and A Perfect Circle, against a concept of a post-humanistic, Orwellian future.

Intrigued yet? To classify Restive Nation’s genre is akin to finding the space between NIN’s ‘The Fragile’ and Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ opus. The band present ideas in sound that incorporate elements of past, present, and future.

Speaking of the new single, the band commented: “It is a full embrace of progressive rock with similarities to Tool, Mastodon and Gojira. The music is a dark and foreboding experience that grows with intensity to an explosive finish.
The song is one of our darkest releases to date with themes of internet culture and the decay of human society. The Lyrical theme explores the constant stream of hate and self-righteousness expressed on the internet. The art of discussion and conversation is now dead because of online culture. You chase those thumbs, hearts and likes to receive a gambler’s high. We were once a high society of intellects, but have now reduced ourselves to smashing buttons on a machine.”

‘Act III’ will be available exclusively via the bands’ official YouTube page to coincide with the growing visual concept of their forthcoming new album. Plans for a release via streaming platforms will be announced early 2022.

Ireland’s RESTIVE NATION continues to break their creative mould with the stomping new high-energy single, ‘Revolt/Reanimate’.

Restive Nation continue their exploration into their collective sonic hive with ‘Revolt/Reanimate’, a punk-infused, electro-banger, that draws influence from The Prodigy, Killing Joke & Nine Inch Nails.

Featuring three vocalists, the track encapsulates exactly what Restive Nation are all about.The song resembles the rebirth of the band as a six-piece, and is an embodiment of their electronic roots as a group. Speaking of the track, the band commented:
“The main vocal idea was written by Tony [Carberry, vocals] and is a homage to his love affair with the undead and zombie movies. The Theme is straight to the point; pissed off and frustrated with everyday life.”

‘Revolt/Reanimate’ is the first release from the forthcoming self-titled album from Restive Nation, which is due for release in Spring 2022.

Irish progressive experimentalists RESTIVE NATION have released their video for new single ‘I’m Sorry’, watch it below.

Continuously pushing boundaries and cross-pollination genres with their own unique electronic/progressive interpretations, RESTIVE NATION continue to surprise with this brand new single.

‘I’m Sorry’ sees the band take a dark and melancholic journey into a hybrid of Massive Attack and Nine Inch Nails with a side of Crosses /Tool  floating in and out of a dream-like, post punk daydream. As an isolated new track [not featured on their recently released ‘Lucidum’ EP], ‘Im Sorry’ shows the band venturing into darker landscapes, exploring the inner-working of the human psyche, thanks to the chilling vocals of Dave Lee of Irish Heavy Progressive crew, Raum Kingdom.

The band commented on the track:
“I’m Sorry is a track that was written by Dave Lee’s solo project Sombre Motion in 2012. Dave would go on to form the heavy as f**k Raum Kingdom in 2013. We collaborated with Dave before on our 2017 single ‘Murmur’ and while we were working together we came across his hauntingly beautiful track ‘I’m Sorry’. Upon hearing it we just had to have it as part of the Restive Nation repertoire. We asked Dave if we could adopt it into Restive Nation and he was more than happy to oblige”.

About the lyrical content Dave said: “It’s about doing wrong so much that even when you’ve done right, you still have to eat the blame”. 
This song marks the end of an era for Restive Nation as it is their last musical collaboration with an outside artist for the foreseeable future.

Regarding the video (to be released on 16th) the band commented:
“We thought it would be cool to give the track to Dublin-based independent film maker Tom Maher for his own artistic interpretation. Usually we’d be very explicit about what we want when it comes to themes, but we were keen to see how Tom would exhibit the track visually and we absolutely love this slow-burn tension piece; it’s completely different to anything we would have dreamt up and it’s a great representation of how well things can go once you let go and relinquish control.”

‘I’m Sorry’ is set for release on Friday October 16th and will be the final single/video from the band before a series of new material which is scheduled to be released in Jauary 2021.