Invader (Regurgitator album)

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Invader
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Studio album by
Regurgitator
Released26 April 2024
Length36:32
Label
Producer Regurgitator
Regurgitator chronology
Quarter Pounder: 25 Years of Being Consumed
(2019)		 Invader
(2024)
Singles from Invader
  1. "This Is Not a Pop Song"
    Released: 15 March 2024
  2. "Cocaine Runaway"
    Released: 12 April 2024

Invader is the tenth studio album (eleventh including one as Regurgitator's Pogogo Show) by Australian rock band Regurgitator and was released on 26 April 2024. [1] Invader is a self-produced work predominantly recorded and mixed by Quan and Geoff Wilson. [2] The album also includes collaborations with Indigenous Australian rapper JK-47 on the track "Dirty Old Men" and Indigenous author and academic Tyson Yunkaporta on "The Bastard Poem No-One Wanted". [3]

Contents

A supporting tour began soon after the album's release. The It's So Invasive Tour started in Hobart, Tasmania, and end in Cairns, Queensland, with 23 dates. Supporting acts across the tour will include Party Dozen, the Subculture Clique, Displeasure, Cry Club, Wolfpack, Monster Zoku Onsomb!, and Dubbzone. [4]

Singles

First single "This Is Not a Pop Song" featuring Peaches was released on 15 March 2024 with the companion video following. The video has visual synth FX by Stephen Jones, a former member of Severed Heads and was edited by Yeomans. The second version is presented in a vertical 1080×1920 format. [5] [6] The track debuted at number 15 on the AIR Independent Label Singles Chart of 18 March 2024. [7]

Second single "Cocaine Runaway" was released on 12 April 2024. Its video was directed and edited by Yeomans and features Brian Canham of Pseudo Echo. The clip also has two versions, with the second in a vertical 1080×1920 format. [8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Andrew Stafford from The Guardian said "Themes of male violence, colonialism and spiritual emptiness dominate" and called the album "one of their finest". [9]

Bec Harbour from The Live Wire said "My first thoughts on having a listen through is this is great. After a couple more listen throughs, it seems like the writing team of Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely have got their mojo back and then some. ". [10]

Track listing

  1. "Cocaine Runaway" – 3:44
  2. "Pest" – 2:30
  3. "This Is Not a Pop Song" (featuring Peaches) – 2:40
  4. "Australiyeah" – 2:50
  5. "Epic" – 2:52
  6. "That's Not Nermal" – 0:56
  7. "Content" – 2:52
  8. "The Bastard Poem That Nobody Wanted" (featuring Tyson Yunkaporta) – 2:45
  9. "Invader" – 3:02
  10. "The Edge of Losing It" – 2:02
  11. "Dirty Old Men" (featuring JK-47) – 3:31
  12. "Pee Pee Man" – 0:46
  13. "Wrong People" – 2:01
  14. "Tsunami" – 4:06

Charts

Chart performance for Invader
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA) [11] 50

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References

  1. ↑ Cashmere, Paul (18 March 2024). "Regurgitator Have A New Song And It Features Peaches". Noise11.
  2. ↑ "Regurgitator –– Invader". ABC.net.au/abcmusic. 22 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Young, David James (27 March 2024). "Regurgitator Are Ready To Invade Your Senses With New Music". Scenestr.
  4. ↑ "Regurgitator... Tour dates". regurgitator.net.
  5. ↑ Young, David James (14 March 2024). "Regurgitator Team Up With Peaches For 'This Is Not A Pop Song'". Music Feeds .
  6. ↑ "This Is Not A Pop Song (feat. Peaches) 1080x1920". 25 March 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  7. ↑ "Independent Label Singles – 18th March 2024". Australian Independent Record Labels Association .
  8. ↑ Varvaris, Mary. "Regurgitator Team Up With Pseudo Echo's Brian Canham In 80s-Inspired Music Video". The Music .
  9. 1 2 "Regurgitator: Invader review the new stuff is as good as the old stuff". The Guardian . 26 April 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Album Reivew". The Live Wire. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 6 May 2024". The ARIA Report. No. 1783. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 May 2024. p. 7.
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