Japanese experimental rock band Boris are closing 2022 with something special for fans.

Today, the band have unexpectedly dropped their new album Fade. This follows their previous 2022 records W and Heavy Rocks (2022). The record is out on Boris’ Bandcamp in time for Bandcamp Friday. A music video for album opener “prologue sansaro” can be seen below.

Boris said this about the new album:

“ [Fade is] not bound by concepts of rock and music in general, but could rather be said to be a documentary of the world plunged into the chaotic age of boris moving forward.

Break into the present, post-pandemic era. Memories of the world wrapped in disorder and uncertainty already bring feelings of nostalgia. Every individual was cut off from society, but now have returned as one.

Among that disorder like a primitive scenery, did you have fear? Did you doze off? Or in an extreme state of mind, did you even feel some comfort in the solitude?

Among that disorder, did you make eye contact with yourself, or did you not experience such a moment?

Now, wrapped in a thunderous roar, your whole body will be caressed on the way to awakening.

Morning comes.”

fade track listing:

prologue sansaro

chapter 1 gekkou no irie -howling moon, melting sun

chapter 2 michikusa

chapter 3 (nanji, sashidasareta te wo tsukamu bekarazu)

chapter 4 marine snow

epilogue a bao a qu -infinite corridor-

afterword buried in marine snow