Pendulum talk wild new single ‘Napalm’, a “circle of inspiration” with Bring Me The Horizon, and returning to Reading & Leeds
nme.comPendulum have returned with their huge new single ‘Napalm’, featuring Joey Valance and Brae. Check out below, along with our interview with frontman Rob Swire.The rave-rock pioneers are back with the follow-up to their comeback EPs [2021’s ‘Elemental’ and 2023’s ‘Anima’] with another genre-smashing track that layers hard rock and punk on top of their founding dance sound.“The label pretty much came to us saying, ‘Make some more drum’n’bass,” Swire told NME. “As you know, I’ve got a weird relationship with that!
We decided to go in and make it as heavy as possible, rather than make something that would fit into DnB sets. We wanted to make it our own way.”Check out our full interview with Swire below, as he also tells us about dream collabs, more new material, returning to Reading & Leeds this weekend, and forming a “circle of inspiration” with Bring Me The Horizon.NME: Hello Rob.
What led you to team with Joey Valance and Brae on ‘Napalm’?Rob Swire: “I was in Cape Town at my dad’s place for Christmas and my phone woke me up playing their song ‘Punk Tactics’.
I was half-asleep when I heard it and just suddenly woke up thinking, ‘What the fuck is this? Some vintage Beastie Boys thing I’ve never heard before?’ It fucking blew my mind.“When I found out it was a recent thing I was like, ‘This is fucking sick.
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