Eyes to Argus have a different sound that feels familiar. Their sound is best described as atmospheric indie; steeped in the worlds of post-rock and shoegaze and influenced by the nostalgic and the new. And on Reroot, the band’s new album for 2024, Eyes to Argus sound more decisive and vibrant than ever.
Reroot is the band’s third full-length album and the second to be released under Post. Recordings (Indianapolis, US). In 2021, the band released in habit, an album about how people experience the same spaces differently, which featured song artworks from six visual artists and a campaign with YMCA Malta. In 2023, Eyes to Argus released the remix album habit_at, featuring seven all-new collaborators who put their spin on the sounds and stories of in habit.
Previous releases by Eyes to Argus include their debut album VEER (2017) and the standalone single Microcosm (2019).
Eyes to Argus are:
Samwel Mallia – Guitar, vocals
Ben Mifsud Joslin – Bass guitar, vocals
Robert Farrugia – Synthesizers, piano
Samuel Attard – Drums, percussion
On their third album Reroot, out July 19th 2024 via Post. Recordings, Eyes to Argus have a different energy. The songs are more charged, more concise, and catchier than they were on in habit, their 2021 album. Yet, this is still an Eyes to Argus album through and through, and the band’s signature take on indie, shoegaze, and post-rock is on full display.
Reroot is about the trajectory of entering a new decade and getting used to the way it feels. It’s about moving into the next phase of your life with newfound energy and drive, all the while grappling with inevitable fatigue and burnout along the way.
It’s the same state of flux that Eyes to Argus went through when they wrote and recorded Reroot, with all members either traversing or fast approaching their thirties and coming face to face with the whirlwind of experiences that this brings – building new families, finding new homes, losing loved ones, and welcoming new life into the world.
Reroot opens with a burst of affirmative energy on Bloodstream Waterfall Cannonball – the first single off the album – and it’s an energy that waxes and wanes until the closing track Lifelift, which discovers affirmation beyond the self through the cycle of life, death, and life again.
The artwork for Reroot was created by Samwel Mallia using photographic elements by Elisa von Brockdorff and textures from Sam Falzon (Bainmarie).
The vinyl release includes an exclusive map of the World of Reroot – featuring terrain, landmarks, and characters inspired by the themes and lyrics on the album.
