“In the face of absurdity, the commonplace evidence and the horribly impossible—though unbearable to conceive—become super normal,” posits vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Alexander Ortiz in what amounts to a rather bleak summation of “Súper Normal,” the latest single from Montreal duo We Are Wolves.
Salvaged from an old session, the drum track for “Súper Normal” was recorded for a long-lost We Are Wolves song that was never released. “We always liked that beat,” says keyboardist Vincent Levesque. “We managed to find it in our archives and build a new song with it.”
The self-described “dystopian dance rock” outfit debuted auspiciously almost 20 years ago as a trio with an arty, aggressive, relentlessly rhythmic electro-punk sound that drew comparisons to such luminaries as New Order and Suicide. Five albums and a few EPs later, Ortiz and Levesque are putting the finishing touches on what’s rumored to be their final full-length release. “Súper Normal” is a disquieting teaser.
“It’s a weird but fun song that grooves like a robot would,” says Levesque. “It’s about desensitization, about numbness for our times, where everything is given the same importance.”
We’re proud to premiere the video for We Are Wolves’ “Súper Normal.”
—Hobart Rowland
