NODE takes its cues as much from the band's collective worldview as it does
myriad artists from multiple generations. Rather than the existential
examinations of their previous albums DISCOVERIES and SINGULARITY, the album
takes a much more direct approach. It's an album fuelled by passion and
anger – passion for the world and all its wonders, and anger at what's being
done to it. Everything from the title and the lyrics to the way the band came
together to produce their best record yet stands as a hymn to the simple power
of human connection.
NODE will be the Sydney-based act’s first album since the critically and
commercially successful SINGULARITY, which debuted at #3 on the ARIA Charts and
received universal acclaim upon its release in March 2013.
SINGULARITY launched the band worldwide and saw them tour extensively in Europe,
North America and Australia/New Zealand. In mid-2014, then-vocalist Adrian
Fitipaldes departed for health reasons, leaving a question mark hanging over
their future. But from this unrest came something wholly new – after
answering an open audition call alongside over 2,000 other hopefuls from around
the world, Sydney's Marcus Bridge emerged as the new frontman. The band wrote,
recorded and released the stunning single ‘Rot' in a few days. Bridge then
underwent a baptism of fire, embarking on a world tour with the band before
settling to record the album with long-time collaborator and producer Will
Putney.
All change is growth. And Northlane's monumental new album NODE stands
proudly as proof, because frontman Marcus Bridge, guitarists Jonathon Deiley and
Josh Smith, bassist
Alex Milovic and drummer Nic Pettersen have made the album Northlane always had
in them, the songs they always strove for.