System of a Down‘s Serj Tankian has a new solo EP on the way, Foundations, due out on September 27 via Gibson Records. Speaking to Metal Hammer back in April, he said that the “archival nature of writing a book” (his new memoir Down With the System) “made me look into songs from different periods of time. So one of the songs is from early System days, for example, that I’ve never put out, that I’d never worked with System on. A couple of the songs are from my early 2007 /2008 solo record period, but didn’t fit the record.”
“It’s an interesting retrospective of rock music that I’ve never released from different times, and it’s called Foundations basically because it’s the founding of my musical life,” Serj continued. “They’re very interesting songs, very different from each other: one is really heavy, one is like, really progressive, there’s just different elements to each of them. But I think they work in tandem.”
We have an exclusive dark blue marble with etched b-side vinyl variant of Foundations, limited to 500 copies and available for pre-order in the BV store while supplies last.
Serj has shared a couple of singles from Foundations so far, “Justice Will Shine On” and “A.F. Day,” both of which were written in the early days of SOAD. About “A.F. Day,” he says, “The majority of the instrumentation and vocals are recordings from that time. Dystopian in mood, the song is a reflection of the angst and anti-authoritarian attitude I had to conformity.” Hear both below.
Meanwhile, Serj’s SOAD bandmate Shavo Odadjian is releasing his self-titled debut album as Seven Hours After Violet with Left to Suffer‘s Taylor Barber, Winds of Plague‘s Michael Montoya (aka Morgoth Beatz) and Josh Johnson, and Alejandro Aranda (aka Scarypoolparty). We have an exclusive grape purple and clear cloudy vinyl variant, limited to 100 copies; pre-order yours HERE.
SERJ TANKIAN – FOUNDATIONS TRACKLIST
1. A.F. Day
2. Justice Will Shine On
3. Appropriations
4. Cartoon Buyer
5. Life’s Revengeful Son
