Norwegian proggers Gazpacho will release their highly anticipated twelfth studio album Magic 8-Ball on October 31st. Today, the band have shared the second single ‘We Are Strangers’ alongside a transcendent new lyric video. Speaking on the new single, songwriter and keyboardist Thomas Andersen shared –
“‘We Are Strangers’ was born during a jam session where we were playing around with some “interesting” time signatures. The kind that makes you consider if all those late nights might have made a lasting impact on the system.
Since the song is about fate and how it randomly shows up to change everything, that instability felt right. Our fates seem to be flying around until they randomly strike, whether good or bad. Fate wears a thousand faces and blindsides us leaving everything changed in the blink of an eye. A phone call at night, a test result, a lottery ticket. All strangers until they are not anymore.
When it was finished we asked ourselves if this was a Gazpacho song or if it sounded a little like Rush had a fistfight with Godzilla and once we thought about it we decided the answer was “Hell Yeah”. To both.”
Musically, the album stays true to Gazpacho’s core. Atmospheric, layered, and emotional. But more focused. No unnecessary weight. Just eight stories told with clarity and tension. The album was mixed by Thomas Juth (a-ha/Elton John/Paul McCartney/Cat Stevens) and mastered by Hans Olsson at Svenska Grammofonstudion Mastering.
Pre-order here: https://gazpacho.lnk.to/magic_8_ball
Gazpacho – Magic 8-Ball
1. Starling [09:12]
2. We Are Strangers [04:47]
3. Sky King [05:02]
4. Ceres [03:22]
5. Gingerbread Men [07:10]
6. Magic 8-Ball [03:10]
7. Immerwahr [07:41]
8. The Unrisen [06:12]
