Deftones Announce New Album ‘private music': Hear First Single ‘My Mind Is a Mountain'
'My Mind Is a Mountain' is a pummeling new entry in the Sacramento band's singles catalog, with the quickened tempo and immediate harmonies recalling some of the band's most beloved early tracks. The song was teased on Deftones' social accounts throughout the week before its title was revealed on Thursday morning.
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Per a press release, Deftones recorded and co-produced private music in multiple locations across California, including Malibu and Joshua Tree, as well as in Nashville. Producer Nick Raskulinecz, who worked on the band's 2010 album Diamond Eyes and its 2012 follow-up, Koi No Yokan, returned to help create the follow-up to 2020's Ohms.
Beginning with their 2000 classic White Pony, Deftones have scored six top 10 albums on the Billboard 200. Earlier this year, the band kicked off a North American headline tour that included nights at New York's Madison Square Garden and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles; the next round of headline dates begins on Aug. 22, the same day as the private music release, in Vancouver, B.C.
Check out the tracklist to Deftones' upcoming album private music and stream the first single below:
'my mind is a mountain'
'locked club'
'ecdysis'
'infinite source'
'souvenir'
'cXz'
'i think about you all the time'
'milk of the madonna'
'cut hands'
'~metal dream'
'departing the body'
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