EXIST Betters Their Lives A Little Too Much On New Song “Blue Light Infinite”

How do you stop being an NPC in life? Did Jarius Turbo buy the Alamo? How do you open your fourth eye? How the hell do you summon Quandar? All of these questions will be answered in the brand new music video from Exist.

For real though, Exist is back with a new record Hijacking The Zeitgeist due out April 12 and is now streaming the new song and video “Blue Light Infinite” directed by Exist vocalist and guitarist Max Phelps. Pre-orders are available here.

“We’re very excited to finally announce the release of Hijacking The Zeitgeist after sitting on the finished record for quite some time. I think I can speak for all of us in saying that this was overall the most fun we’ve had making an album with Exist.

“Musically I think it represents a new era for the band with both a heavier sound and much more compact arrangements. Maybe it’s fair to say that it’s akin to our Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures (for the Rush nerds, like us) in terms of the bands trajectory from the last few albums. We can’t wait for listeners to hear this album and are especially excited to perform these songs live. We’re also proud of the beautiful artwork painted for us by Sebastian Jerke.”

Of “Blue Light Infinite”, Phelps adds: “‘Blue Light Infinite’ is both our album opener and first single. It acts as the perfect setup to establish the context of Hijacking The Zeitgeist. The song clocks in at less than four minutes (historically short for us) yet still showcases the variety of styles and dynamics that can be found throughout the album.

“Lyrically the song is about the addictive and deceptive nature of our obsession with technology. The music video is meant to illustrate this, showing the parallel stories of four characters becoming obsessed with different subjects and going further and further down their respective niche rabbit holes toward despair.”