Phoenix, Arizona based Psychedelic/Alternative Rock trio Media has released the expansive new single, “Synapse,” now streaming on all digital platforms.
Media was founded by Billy Tegethoff (The Oxford Coma) and Richard Wnuk who performed this first piece of the triptych, with Tegethoff handling guitar, bass, and vocals, Wnuk playing drums, and both contributing various synthesizers and electronics throughout the release. Wnuk had a very clear picture of how he wanted the record to sound, so he wore the producer hat throughout a very meticulous mixing process. Following the recording of “Influence,” the duo welcomed bassist CJ Sholtis (Goya) to the lineup.
Media’s three-part release series is a meditation on the brutality and beauty of being. It is about the inner and outer disconnect on the earthly plane, culminating with a tune about the Sixth Mass Extinction event being brought on by the uncontrollable spread of an “idea pathogen.”
The engrossing “Synapse” track serves as the second installment in Media’s ongoing concept trilogy of releases, which began with the 2022 release of their debut EP, “Influence.”
Now, “Synapse” shows the band continuing to expand upon their earworm-infested sonic experimentation, the four-and-a-half-minute track displaying countless subtle hooks and infusions of tone sheltered within its rigid surface riffage and flow. Besides serving as the middle piece of the release trilogy, the song was also created as a sequel specifically for the “Influence” track “M.E.6.” As with “Influence,” the “Synapse” sequence was recorded and mixed by Jalipaz at Audioconfusion and mastered by Stephen Marcussen.
Media reveals with the “Synapse” single: “‘Remove contrast, expel divergence…Media…I am not human…’ These lyrics serve as a grim reminder of the forces that use our namesake to divide, manipulate, and control. It seems like it’s a self-replicating, self-perpetuating entity at this point; one which is decidedly not human. ‘Synapse’ makes this explicit, while simultaneously acting as a musical bridge between the first and second EPs—the latter of which will be out in the months ahead.”
Explore the many facets of Media’s “Synapse” now at all streaming points here: https://linktr.ee/media.band.us