After A Soft Escape in 2020, Plastic Ants are back with ten new songs, Amidst This Noise. It’s out now, only on Bandcamp.

As usual, the album was a completely D.I.Y. effort, with final mastering by Mike Montgomery at Candyland Studio. Our good friend Jeff Johns designed the album art, which features a cover photo by our own John Curley.

We also have a new band member, drummer Julian Vanasse. You may recognize the surname.

Julian is keyboardist-vocalist Guy Vanasse’s son, who grew up around bassist-producer John Curley’s late, great Ultrasuede Studio, where we recorded our first two albums, Falling To Rise and Imperial Phase.

The four of us crafted and performed the colorful arrangements you hear on the new album, chipping away at the recordings when schedules allowed over the course of five years, in various locations throughout Cincinnati, Ohio and Dayton, Kentucky. 

In that time, we experienced many of the highs, mids and lows of modern times, much of which filtered into the songs. Perhaps you’ll relate.

“Amidst This Noise” addresses the risks of self-expression in today’s cultural climate, ultimately encouraging the effort. 

The anthemic “Cardioid” traces the contours of heart-shaped rebellion (i.e., non-violent revolution through human creativity). 

Character study “Highs In The 70s” fleshes out an unreconstructed scenester pining for rock’s bad ol’ days and contrasting them with today’s teen scene. 

The none-more-melancholy ballad “Boundless” expresses the involuntary freedom of someone newly untethered from love. 

“Bye Tomorrow” offers a steadying hand to anyone experiencing grief and isolation, which, if trends are to be believed, includes many of us. 

If you enjoy what you hear, please share the album with a friend. Word of mouth remains the best way to discover music and connect with others, amidst this noise. 

Peace.

_{^{Band photo by Michael Wilson}}