According to The Bible, Lot never forgot the pair of angels that saved him from the destruction of Sodom. Shelley, Byron, and Dostoevsky all used the idea of duplicates in plays, novels and poetry, and Abraham Lincoln is said to have seen his doppelganger in a mirror shortly before his death. The idea of the double, or doppelganger, is a familiar theme throughout history.
The original songs contained on this album all pivot around these unseen and uncontrollable spirits, seeming stuck in the seams of our souls. Inflamed by the persistence of obsession, Intruders are seen as alternate, bodiless beings stalking the shadow worlds of our minds. we all have psychic interlopers, beings - real, imagined or projected - taking up residence in our psyches, occupying dubious mental space despite our often urgent desires to cast them out. Ghosts, angels, ex-lovers, doppelgangers. Or are they in here? Is this finally, after all these years, THE REAL RESIDENTS? Hated, loved, or merely tolerated, we all have Intruders.įeaturing familiar Residents collaborators Eric Drew Feldman, Nolan Cook and Carla Fabrizio, alongside remarkable new guests, Intruders is a collection of atmospheric, paranoia-tinged yet oddly accessible tracks, each forever glancing over its own shoulder and wondering just who is out there. Whether ghosts, angels, aliens, ex-lovers or an angry old woman with a bittersweet smile, we never know who or what will wedge itself into the darker recesses of our minds.
The album's original songs all pivot around the unseen and the uncontrollable spirits stuck in the seams of our minds.
Inspired by the persistence of obsession, Intruders are seen as alternate beings stalking the corners of our consciousness. Shifting from the physical world of train wrecks to the metaphysical realm of imaginary beings, The Residents present Intruders, their new studio album.
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