Finnish progressive rock band Kuumet's new single "Narcosis" is a song about modern day dopamine addiction

Finnish progressive rock band Kuumet's new single "Narcosis" is a song about modern day dopamine addiction

New Finnish progressive rock band Kuumet has released the second single from their upcoming album to be released later this year. "Narcosis" speaks to a distinctly modern dopamine addiction that we encounter daily all around us. Various screens, work tasks, or even food function as first-aid kits. It seems neurons must perpetually supply the brain with an endless flow of pleasure and information, constant stimulation. Narcosis is thus a drug-induced stupor in which we perpetually live.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Bandcamp etc.): https://push.fm/fl/kuumet-narcosis

Lyricist Jussi Moilanen's thoughts about the song:

"1984 and Brave New World have come true: someone watches our work from behind screens, much like food delivery workers. We cannot endure even a moment of boredom—which would actually be beneficial to us—so we reach for something, whether immaterial or material remedy, that drags us into a dreamlike state.

I hope Kuumet's music brings listeners to serenity state of mind. One can listen jazz influenced melodies, cinematic layers or massive walls of guitar. For a moment, one can be alive and free—at least within one's own mind.”

Kuumet started in 2019 in the aftermath of a tribute gig for a Finnish prog legend. The band, which was put together at the initiative of Vesa Ranta (ex-Sentenced, The Abbey, Cemetery Skyline), who had once hung up his drum sticks at the time, ended up with players from Oulu, including The Aeon, THJKB and Hietaketu. Musically, Kuumet operates on the more prog side of rock, the songs may be rambling, but avoiding the pitfalls of indulgent gimmickry. The influences are most found in the legacy of the sprawling rock bands of the 1970s and the more melodic side of heavy rock that rose to prominence in the 1990s.

The songs also reveal the band's fascination with cinematic expression.

Kuumet's debut album Nova depicts the struggle of modern man in time: it contains dystopian images, addictions and death, but also glimpses of hope here and there, whether in the form of a bright exploding supernova or the belief that life continues after man.