According to Pharrell Williams and the rest of the crew, we should all expect the unexpected from NERD's new album "Seeing Sounds". Skateboard P is looking to demolish the lines that designate their music to any specific genre and take fans on an "emotional rollercoaster". "We didn't care about genres; we're not doing this for the money," Pharrell Williams said at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. "We're doing this for people who pledge allegiance to our movement." Chad Hugo says the album is definitely not club music, but it's European-influenced, "It's a big album of LSD, sonic drug," said bandmate Chad Hugo.
Were you wondering about the album title? The third member Shay broke down the inspiration, and of course it comes from good ole TV (the Discovery Channel to be exact). "It's a mixture of senses that may cause a person to experience colorful hearing, auditory smell," Shay explained. "For example, you might see something, and it might trigger a song. You might hear something, and it might trigger a taste in your mouth. When we created this album, it was the music we envisioned while creating it. We decided it would be the appropriate title for the album."
I've never been into the experimental surrealist music, but I'm willing to give this a courtesy listen when it's finally released.
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Surprisingly, this sounds exciting to me.