With their second album This New Technology about to be released, we spoke to frontman Vincent Vendetta about all things new in the world of Midnight Juggernauts. In this snippet from our upcoming full interview, Andrew Drever pressed him on whether the new album is indeed 'less electronic' than their previous efforts:

Vincent: Yeah, it is. We still have our dancey tracks on the album, but it’s trying to be more song-based. I mean, dance music can still be song-based, but there isn’t anything relying on a four-to-the-floor beat, like a lot of dance music does. Maybe people who aren’t into dancefloor stuff will be more into this album, but we’re not isolating our previous audience either. It’s still going to have a dance energy, but we wanted this project to have a more live direction. It’s probably a lot more raw and live, and feels like a proper band playing. It was the three of us together in a room playing instruments this time, whereas before there was a lot more “tracking” taking place. I think the experience of touring on the road together had a big influence on the sound of this new album.

Is it more accessible or more experimental than the first album?

It probably is a bit more experimental. However, there are still some definite pop moments. There are a lot of pop moments on there actually, because we love pop music and pop songs with hooks. So that will still be the basis for the majority of the songs, but we kind of branched out into different musical terrains, and some songs go off on strange tangents, like bleeped, psych-out jam moments which are probably too self-indulgent but were fun to record in the studio.

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Stay tuned for our epic length interview with Vendetta on Monday, in which he talks further about the new album, the band's recent jaunt to New York and being inundated with demos from Russia.

The band begin a national tour this Saturday night in Perth. Dates below.

Oct 31 - THE CAPITOL, Perth, Western Australia
Nov 5 - CAMBRIDGE HOTEL, Newcastle, New South Wales
Nov 6 - THE METRO THEATRE, Sydney, New South Wales
Nov 7 - WAVES, Woolongong, New South Wales
Nov 13 - BILLBOARD, Melbourne, Victoria
Nov 14 - PIER LIVE, Frankston, Victoria
Nov 20 - HIFI     Brisbane, Queensland
Nov 21 - TRACKSIDE, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Nov 27 - THE GOV, Adelaide, South Australia
Dec 5 - HOMEBAKE, Sydney, New South Wales
Dec 30 - FALLS FESTIVAL, Lorne, Victoria
Dec 31 - FALLS FESTIVAL, Marion Bay, Tasmania
Jan 17 - BIG DAY OUT, Gold Coast, Queensland
Jan 22 - BIG DAY OUT, Sydney, New South Wales
Jan 26 - BIG DAY OUT, Melbourne, Victoria
Jan 29 - BIG DAY OUT, Adelaide, South Australia

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