Atlanta Trio Microwave Impress On New Frank Ocean-Inspired Track "Huperzine Dreamz" / New Album “Let's Start Degeneracy” Out April 26

All over their upcoming fourth LP, Let's Start Degeneracy, Atlanta trio Microwave can be found playing with a multitude of influences, ranging from ambient pop and R&B to psychedelic rock and yes, even Sublime.

On their new track, "Huperzine Dreamz," the band recruited longtime friend Joe Hertler (Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers) to lay down some piano tracks and other production elements as vocalist/guitarist Nathan Hardy channeled his inner Frank Ocean.

The track's namesake, Huperzine A, is a naturally-derived supplement that increases the amount of Acetyl-Choline in your body––that's a neurotransmitter, like dopamine, associated with learning and memory. It can have similar effects to Adderall during the day but people often experiment with it at night to elicit lucid dreams. Hardy says the track is "kind of a nod to the wide variety of nu-tropic supplements Tito and I have been experimenting with over the last several years."

The entire new Microwave album is a trip.

Its title, taken from a conservative politician's take on drugs in 1970, captures the band's newfound liberated spirit, and its tracks play by no one's rules but their own. Lyrically, Let's Start Degeneracy is loaded with revelations, some of which came to Hardy after experiences with ayahuasca during a trip to Peru with Tito. As the pandemic wound down, the three members reconvened and found their way back to being Microwave again.

“This album is about letting go of attachments and behaviors that aren’t serving you and trying to shake off your programming and not be motivated by fear and guilt and shame,” says Hardy. “It’s about learning to be happy and to take care of yourself.”

This summer will mark a decade since Microwave first released their debut LP, Stovall. The years in between include two very different-sounding full-lengths (2016's Much Love and 2019's Death Is A Warm Blanket) and countless tours across the US, Canada, Europe, UK, and Australia.

The result is a widespread universe of Microwave fans who speak their same language. Without the confines of genre, plus Hardy's vulnerable approach to lyrics tackling subjects like religious trauma, drugs, sex-positivity, and mental health, it's no surprise their fans connect with the band on a much deeper level.

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