Prog rock champion Christopher Sluka‘s eponymous band are about to release their third single, called “When The Genie’s Out” from upcoming album, Cautionary Yell, along with a video. The release date is key to the song, which commemorates one of the most controversial dates in human history, July 16th.
For those not familiar, July 16th, 1945 is the date on which the first ever atomic bomb test explosion occurred as part of the Trinity Project. Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge will know what happened from there: the bomb was deployed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan and effectively ended World War II, but that wasn’t all. “When the Genie’s Out” explores the more long-standing repercussions of humanity having this newfound, world-ending power.
…the Genie was out of the bottle. Can’t put him back in the bottle when the genie’s out. It’s chaos and mayhem from here on out.
Self-described as one of Sluka‘s “most menacing songs,” the band use more than the lyrics discussing all the geopolitical chaos that’s happened since Trinity. The rich tones and heavy-handed composition that typify Sluka then themselves very well to the heaviness of the subject matter. Sluka and producer Alan Sanderson are even more heavy-handed with the production as well, adding discordant fusion elements to the musical base which underline the chaos and fear that are evocative of the theme. A truly progressive song, “When the Genie’s Out” pulls no punches and is meant to remind listeners of how we as a society got here.
The video for “When the Genie’s Out,” releasing the same date as the audio track, is equally evocative, Sluka and his band are superimposed over images of war and nuclear explosions, money, the Statue of Liberty and, finally, a cockroach, as it’s theorized that will be the only animal that would survive a nuclear holocaust.
Stark and strong, “When the Genie’s Out” shows that Cautionary Yell will have a serious message to go along with the heavier rock tones, just in case the first two singles, “Sunset Screamer” and “Saving It All” didn’t make it clear. Fans should be ready for a politically charged, prog rock journey once the album’s out. In the meantime, “When the Genie’s Out” will be out to get the wheels of thought and change turning.
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