“Controlled chaos is the mantra”: Dryden Mitchell takes us inside Alien Ant Farm’s new album

After nine years away, nu-metal(ish) underdogs Alien Ant Farm are back with new album ~mAntras~ that brings together everything old-school fans love but also shifts things into a bold new era. On the day of release, vocalist Dryden Mitchell takes us through each song on the record, what they mean to him, and why he chose to take on another iconic ​’80s pop track. The Wrong Things “Although this record is not, we wanted to reintroduce the band through a slightly more spacial, edgy lens. ​‘What’s this? It sounds like the singer, but the rest is saucy and almost hits post-apocalyptic R&B!’ ” The Last dAntz “If someone asked me in the early days, what’s Ant Farm? I’d probably show you [2001 track] Sticks And Stones. From there we could twist and turn and go deeper, sadd...

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