TRADITIONAL NOISE is April + VISTAs debut album, it explores their formative influences ranging from Radiohead and Gorillaz to Satoshi Kon films, and survival-horror video games. The album is a multi-layered, amber-colored fossil passing down stories about the people and memories they hold dear; its an analog snapshot of the world from their vantage point and aims to serve as a proper introduction to who the band is creatively.

SONICS

The album amplifies the grittiest elements defining the duos previous work while honoring sounds and textures reminiscent of the bands distant childhood memories.

It fuses genres like: downtempo, electronic, alt-rock, soul, and art pop; taking cues from the bands that raised them (Radiohead, Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley, Grizzly Bear, Madlib, Portishead, Hiatus Kaiyote, Gustavo Cerati, etc.)

The album has been mixed for spacial audio by immersive audio engineer Christopher Willits (Envelop/Ghostly) to provide a multidimensional listening experience.

THEMES

The album explores April + VISTAs relationship to themes like: nostalgia, tradition, memory, defiance, preservation, and ephemera. The goal is for listeners to feel immersed in a familiar yet ethereal world, one they may have visited before in a dream or in another life.

Tracklist:

1. Hello
2. Very Bad News
3. Do What You Know
4. Two Evergreens
5. Standing in Place
6. Rot
7. Bless My Heart
8. Love Unspent
9. Grotto
10. Modify Your Tradition
11. Morning Star

UPC: 195081619910
Label: Third & Hayden
Release Date: 7.31.26
Format: Vinyl