ArcTanGent festival organiser James Scarlett was asked during a live Q&A at last summer’s edition what the chances were of getting a 2024 performance from the legendary earthtone9, after whose seminal 2000 LP arc’tan’gent his event is named. “To the best of my knowledge,” he shrugged to a disappointed audience, “those guys aren’t ‘a band’ right now.” What an excellent surprise, then, to find out months later that they aren’t just up and running for more festival shows, but they’re also adding a fantastic fifth album to their revered discography, In Resonance Nexus. “For me, this, this album is about persistence in heart and knowing that you can pursue stuff and do it to a high standard at any point in time,” explains frontman Karl Middleton. ...