Lotus Shares ‘Bjorn Gets A Haircut’ Single

Lotus shared a new single, “Bjorn Gets A Haircut.” The track will land on the jamtronica quintet’s upcoming album, Free Swim.

The band announced Free Swim in July and shared the lead single, “Catacombs.” If “Catacombs” is a nod to Lotus’ French electronic influences — Daft Punk and St. Germain — then “Bjorn Gets A Haircut” highlights the band’s Nordic disco heroes.

“‘Bjorn Gets a Haircut’ is a head-bopping cosmic disco tune,” keyboardist, guitarist and co-producer Luke Miller said in a statement. “It takes cues from the Nordic disco playbooks of producers like Todd Terje and Lindstrom. The main hook is a Mellotron vocal ‘Oh’ patch leading into a chorus of slick chromatic chord changes on the piano. The guitar takes over in the middle for an improvisatory freeride.”

The single also arrived with an accompanying music video, premiered by Glide Magazine. Bassist and co-producer Jesse Miller detailed the video as well.

“Video was shot while we tracked live at Spice House Sound,” he said. “The animation was created using the same live-reactive system I have been building for Lotus’s live show. I used triggers from the drums and other music elements while tweaking parameters live on a MIDI controller and all of these data interact with randomized and evolving calculations in the custom video generation program.”

Watch the video for “Bjorn Gets A Haircut” below: