Harmonic Disruptor

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Harmonic Disruptor
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 2020
Recorded2018–2019
Genre
Length34:07
Label Julien-K Inc.
Producer Amir Derakh
Julien-K chronology
Time Capsule: A Future Retrospective
(2018)
Harmonic Disruptor
(2020)
Singles from Harmonic Disruptor
  1. "Harmonic Disruptor"
    Released: January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24)
  2. "Shut Down Your Soul"
    Released: February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)
  3. "Stronger Without You"
    Released: March 20, 2020 (2020-03-20)

Harmonic Disruptor is the fifth studio album by American electronic rock band Julien-K, released on April 17, 2020. [1]

Contents

Background

The album was first announced in June 2018 via Facebook. Like the band's previous four releases, an Indiegogo campaign was launched in order to finance the album. [2] It started on June 12, 2018, and aimed for a goal of $10,000; when the campaign ended on July 12 more than $47,000 had been collected.

The album's first single, "Harmonic Disruptor", was released on January 24, 2020 along with its lyric video. [3] On February 14 a music video for "Shut Down Your Soul" was released (while the digital single was published two weeks after), while the third single "Stronger Without You" was premiered on March 20.

Track listing

Harmonic Disruptor track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Harmonic Disruptor"
5:16
2."Cross"
  • Shuck
  • Derakh
  • Bidkar Grijalva
  • Alex Gonzales
  • Valcic
3:14
3."Stronger Without You"
  • Eric Stoffel
  • Shuck
  • Derakh
  • Valcic
4:15
4."Lies Like Fire"
  • Derakh
  • Shuck
  • Valcic
  • Gonzales
3:52
5."Shut Down Your Soul"
  • Derakh
  • Shuck
  • Valcic
3:16
6."As the Sirens Call"
  • Derakh
  • Shuck
  • Valcic
4:26
7."Burn the System"
  • Shuck
  • Derakh
  • Grijalva
  • Gonzales
  • Valcic
4:24
8."Undo Everything"
  • Derakh
  • Valcic
  • Shuck
  • Grijalva
  • Kevin Preston
  • Brett Carruthers
5:20

Personnel

Julien-K

Additional musicians

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References

  1. "J U L I E N - K on Instagram: "STRONGER WITHOUT YOU — AVAILABLE NOW ON ALL OUTLETS — JKHD FULL ALBUM APRIL 17"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  2. Indiegogo campaign initialized by Julien-K
  3. Willschick, Aaron (January 24, 2020). "JULIEN-K Revisit Their Dark Industrial '90s Roots on New Single "Harmonic Disruptor" [Video Premiere]" . Retrieved January 25, 2020.