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OUT 29/11 - "THE MAZE"
THE NEW ALBUM !
TRANK are a French / Swiss heavy alt-rock band – whose first singles earned them massively successful opening gigs with rock legends Deep Purple, Anthrax, Papa Roach and Disturbed. TRANK's first album, "THE ROPES", an instant smash with the indie / underground rock press, captured their unique, furiously catchy blend of alternative rock with heavy riffing and electronic post-punk - intense yet accessible songs, introspective and powerful, intimate yet stadium-sized. On November 29th, 2024, TRANK will release their second album, "THE MAZE" - and its first two singles, "TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SLAVE" & "QUEEN OF THE BROKEN", are out now !
Click above to download or stream "THE MAZE", TRANK's NEW album
LATEST NEWS
NOV 29th, 2024 - BREAKING NEWS
NEW ALBUM "THE MAZE" IS OUT !
Following critically acclaimed « The Ropes »,which was voted album of the month in Rock Hard France & Italy and Powerplay UK in 2021,TRANK release their 2nd album, "THE MAZE", on 11/29/2024. "THE MAZE" is unmistakbly TRANK - its alternative heavy rock blends catchy riffs, melodic vocals, powerful rhythms and post-punk electronics into an emotionally-charged, widescreen sound experience. Musically, it packs a bigger, more dynamic, and more "immediate" punch than its predecessor. Lyrically, "THE MAZE" is an 11-song exploration of human relationships and the quest for one’s identity - the titular "maze" refers both to the complexities of the human personality & brain, and of the world in which it must find itself. Sonically, "THE MAZE" was (again) produced by the band with Yvan Barone (a veteran engineer of the Montreux festival), mixed in NYC by Brian Robbins (Asking Alexandria, Bring me the Horizon), & mastered by Andy Van Dette (Porcupine Tree, David Bowie). Visually, "THE MAZE" and its videos were deigned and shot by Alban Verneret. The band hope you enjoy "THE MAZE" as much as they have loved making it.
Want to LISTEN TO IT NOW ? Click the sleeve below to stream or download "THE MAZE" from your favorite platform - or go to the SHOP page to ORDER your CD copy (signed copies available !), or PRE-ORDER the audiophile VINYL release (due February 2025). Thank you for your support, and see you soon on stage !
NOV 21st, 2024
TRANK LAUNCH SECOND VIDEO FROM UPCOMING SECOND ALBUM
Following up on "TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SLAVE", TRANK now release new single & video "QUEEN OF THE BROKEN", also from their new album due November 29th, "THE MAZE".
A sharp contrast to the raging pulse of “Twenty First Century Slave”, “Queen of the Broken” reveals a more romantic, open-hearted side of TRANK's alternative hard rock. Propelled by an earworm riff and an epic chorus, “Queen of the Broken” is “arguably our most optimistic song - it speaks, in a roundabout way, of the hope that the wounds life inflicts help us to open up to others, rather than isolate ourselves from them. It's sort of athe positive flipside to Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane", which is a song we admire and love.” Directed, as ever, by Alban Verneret, the video for "Queen of the Broken" is a nod to classic Sci-Fi literature, from Dune to French writer Alain Damasio's “La Horde du Contrevent”. The band hope you love the song and film as much as they loved making them - stay tuned for the rest of the album !
OCT 24th, 2024
TRANK LAUNCH FIRST VIDEO FROM UPCOMING SECOND ALBUM
After three years of hard work and tribulations, TRANK are about to unleash their second album, due November 29th, 2024 - and entitled "THE MAZE". And as a forerunner, today they launch new single "TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SLAVE".
A powerful slab of controlled anger denouncing the excesses of social justice warriors and the on-on-line cliques of "self-appointed freedom fighters who are, in fact, enslaved by their own minds", the single bears TRANK's signature alt-heavy rock sound, blending hard rock-influences and a relentless drive with a touch of technology to get its point across in the catchiest way. "It's probably one of the most direct, in-your-face songs on the album, and we thought it'd make a good, pretty unambiguous statement about how things are going to be on stage as well." Accompanied by a dystopian CCTV-tinged video courtesy of band director Alban Verneret (and featuring Swiss celebrity Lorianne Valentin, as well as band biker friends I Cinque Del), the single is out now on YouTube and all the usual digital platforms. Stay tuned as we get closer to the album release - more changes coming to this site very soon !
STILL OUT - "THE ROPES"
You can still stream or download TRANK's first album, "THE ROPES - MONOLITH EDITION" - from your favorite digital platforms by using the Spotify player above - or clicking on the picture sleeve below.
Lovers of HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO can also stream or download the album from audiophile store QOBUZ by clicking HERE instead.
Lovers of silver discs can go to the "SHOP" page of this site and order their deluxe physical copy.