Nu-core disruptors Tallah have released their most ambitious work to date, Primeval: Obsession // Detachment, a fully live-tracked sci-fi concept album that pulls listeners into a world of collapsing morality, split identities, and sonic chaos. Out now via Earache Records, the band have also dropped a brand new music video for the focus track “depleted,” one of the album’s strangest and most textural songs.
Shot among rusted rebar and yellow-jacket swarms, the video for “depleted” captures the dystopian atmosphere of the record’s second act – wild, decaying, and haunted. Frontman Justin Bonitz said:
Despite all the dust, yellow jackets, and rusty rebar, this was one of the coolest locations we have ever shot at. There was so much to explore, and it really captured the vibe/aesthetic we saw in our heads when listening to the song. Derek Rathbun (director) made everything so easy and streamlined, so the shoot felt a lot shorter than it actually was. ‘depleted’ is one of the weirdest songs on the album, and we were hoping the video would match the same energy. Have fun listening!
Watch the video by scrolling down.
The track continues the raw, unedited approach that defines Primeval: Obsession // Detachment. Recorded live in Michigan with producer Josh Schroeder, the album features no clicks, no edits, and no safety nets. Like its four predecessors – “What We Know,” “A Primeval Detachment,” “augmented,” and “as fate undoes” – “depleted” ties directly into the album’s layered sci-fi narrative. The story follows two characters, Ana and Sheelah, on a morally destructive journey across an alien world.
Fans can dive deeper into the lore through The Primeval Game, a playable story-world created with Enzo Interactive and updated monthly with new clues, song teasers, and narrative expansions.
Primeval: Obsession // Detachment stands as Tallah’s most ambitious and uncompromising work to date. By weaving sci-fi storytelling together with deliberately imperfect performances, Tallah prove that human instinct still has power in an increasingly artificial landscape.
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Header image by Vanessa Valadez
