Pendulum Return With New Single ‘Napalm’: Listen
Pendulum have returned with a brand new single Napalm, featuring Joey Valance and Brae, listen below.
“The label pretty much came to us saying, ‘Make some more drum’n’bass,” frontman Rob Swire told NME. “As you know, I’ve got a weird relationship with that! We decided to go in and make it as heavy as possible, rather than make something that would fit into DnB sets. We wanted to make it our own way.”
When asked if Napalm is a sign of things to come, Swire said, “I want to take it much heavier. I know drum ‘n’ bass is having a moment again and we keep getting every Tom, Dick and Harry across our entire work team being like, ‘You guys have to get in on this and start making some DnB that fits in Headache’s set’, but it’s just the last thing I want to fucking do. I feel most comfortable when we’re in between worlds. As soon as it goes too metal or too DnB, then I start to feel weird about it. The middle of that ground is the perfect zone for us. I want to take it much heavier if we can.”
Swire went on to discuss Pendulum’s influence on other bands, I started talking to some of these bands who were like, ‘Oh man, we were so inspired by you guys when we started out’. I was like, ‘Really? I can’t fucking hear it, but that’s amazing if so’. After listening for a while, I can now hear those influences. It’s come full circle now. Some of those bands are influencing us. I saw Bring Me’s live show and was like, ‘Holy shit, that’s entertaining on a level I didn’t even know was possible! We have to step it up!’ It’s good that there’s a circle of inspiration going on. I like that.”