Index, the new LA/Philly experimental hardcore duo featuring former Control Top members Alan Creedon and Alex Lichtenauer, have announced their debut album. Vis Inertiae was produced by Arthur Rizk (Show Me The Body, Power Trip) and will be out September 25 via Get Better Records.
“We were excited about it, and it just kind of went from there,” Creedon, who still lives in Philly, says of Index. “We made plans to fly back and forth, to learn some of the songs, and work on them together, and just get the hang of it. As soon as we were in the same room doing it, and it sounded good and felt good, I was like, ‘Nothing is going to get in the way of this. We’re going to do this. It’s going to be a real thing.”
Index released their debut single “Cellophane” back in May and that opens the album. They’ve just shared the album’s second track, “Fractured,” a ripper propelled by Lichtenauer’s precise, hyper drumming and Creedon’s inventive guitarwork. “When I heard ‘Fractured’ for the first time, I was like, ‘holy fuck,’ and then I went to go to my practice space and play it,” Lichtenauer says. “And then when Al came to LA for the first time, which was late last summer, that’s when I feel like it really came together. It was like, ‘Oh, yeah, we can play these songs.’ And we just had so much fun doing it.”
Listen to “Fractured” and “Cellophane” below.
The band are currently on the East Coast and play NYC’s TV Eye tonight (7/15) with Hunx and His Punx. All dates are listed below.
Vis Inertiae
1. Cellophane
2. Fractured
3. Glass Horizon
4. Dissolve
5. Endless
6. Earth
7. Paper Limbs
8. Static Bloom
9. Beneath The Fold
Index – Tour Dates:
July 15 – NYC @ TV Eye w/ Hunx and His Punx
July 16 – Washington, D.C. @ Pearl Street w/ Generacion Suicida
September 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
October 1-3 – Toronto @ Project Nowhere Fest
October 9 – Philadelphia, CA @ Thunderbird Hall