Keeping up their own brand of summer fun, today psych-pop act Spaceface share their new single and video, “Piña Collider.” The quirky track blends funky basslines with synth driven tones and some added grooves courtesy of Nathan Price (BRONCHO). Inspired by an experience vocalist Jake Ingalls (also guitarist of The Flaming Lips) had partying with scientists at the CERN Hadron Super Collider, beneath the France–Switzerland border, the song centers around a mythic drink that discombobulates your matter and makes you realize that we are all connected as one unified human experience. The video for the track keeps up with the scientist theme and was virtually directed by Maris Jones who had to send props and filming instructions to each actor, making for an innovative piece. The song marks the second release for the band this year, following the dreamy “Happens All The Time.” You can watch the video for “Piña Collider” here now and stream the song here.
Speaking more on how the song came together, Ingalls stated:
“I was playing a show somewhere nearby and CERN has a whole outreach program to bring artists in to show them what it’s all about and what it looks like. We got to go inside the Super Collider, take pictures in front of a dark matter factory, and even drink a little with the scientists. I learned that the crew who showed us around are, in fact, in their own band, which we named the song after. When it was mostly ready, I sent the track off to those same scientists and asked them to record the group vocal parts at the top of every section – “Everyday! Gamma Ray! Boomerang!”, etc. They even sent me samples of particle beam dump sounds and other weird noises you hear around the facilities for us to put into the song. A lot of backstory for such a romp of a tune, huh?”
