IRONTOM will brainwash you and steal your house on "Common Chaos"
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
9/22 – Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe*
10/3 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater*
10/7 – Ventura, CA – Majestic Ventura Theater*
10/31 - San Jose, Costa Rica - Estadio Nacional #
11/4 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Estádio Engenhão Nilton #
11/7 - Brasilia, Brazil - Arena BSB Mané Garrincha #
11/10 - São Paulo, Brazil - Estádio Do Morumbi #
11/13 - Curitiba, Brazil - Estádio Couto Pereira #
11/16 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - Arena Do Grêmio #
11/19 - Santiago, Chile - Movistar Arena #
11/21 - Santiago, Chile - Movistar Arena #
11/24 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Estadio River Plate #
11/26 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Estadio River Plate #
*Supporting AWOLNATION
# Supporting Red Hot Chili Peppers
All tour info here
Today, LA’s most notorious derelicts IRONTOM release their new single and video “Common Chaos.” A song about accidentally adapting to how weird they let life get, the raucous rock offering sees the band getting baptized by the Illuminati, taking LSD at the DMV, and getting endless texts from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Stream.
In case you wondered if Donnie Darko could get any weirder, enter the official video for “Common Chaos” directed by Amalia Irons. Picking up where their last music video left off in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the cut begins with the band’s version of Jeff Bezos discovering them passed out while he snacks away on deli items. Fueled by the weird, the mundane, not-so-subtle subliminal messaging, and a demented Easter bunny, the video is unsettling on every level possible – Watch.
Attempting to bring any sort of sense to today’s release, the band shared, “We were living in a full-blown mansion, basically squatting. The real estate agent would come by every now and again and we would hide in the bathroom. Unemployment was in full-swing, and we were thoroughly enjoying the benefits, putting the funds to use down at Erewhon and the vape shop. Zach had to go to the DMV to get his 2010 Ford Ranger registered. Harry was shoulder tapping for liquor… these things were common to us at the time.”
IRONTOM is here to be critical of the whole world and everything wrong with it, while simultaneously acknowledging that that includes them. They want to watch the world burn while they pee on the fire. Truths are stretched and lies exist to be satirized in their musical realm. Like a car crash, whether amazed or appalled, no one can look away from the psychedelic world IRONTOM leads listeners through.
Back in April, IRONTOM released their self-aware nihilistic fantasy “Con Artist” and its accompanying video. Sir Elton John recently praised the absurdity of the track on his Apple Music Rocket Hour show. IRONTOM were also the guest DJs on Red Hot Chili Peppers’ SiriusXM channel this month. This Fall, the band will join AWOLNATION on the road for a run of shows and then head to Latin America for tour dates with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. All tour info here and below.
Both “Con Artist” and “Common Chaos” come from the same visual universe, each video bleeding into the next, peeling back the layers of their upcoming album and leaving fans guessing their next move at every step along the way.
ABOUT IRONTOM
It’s hard to know the true origin story of IRONTOM as many different stories have circulated the internet for some time. The band is fronted by Zach Irons and Harry Hayes, who allegedly claim to be fraternal twins separated at birth. Through the help of ancestry.com and 23andMe, they were reunited when they were both 19 years old to form the band in Malibu, California, along with drummer Dylan Williams.
Cutting their teeth playing together during a six-month residency gig they had on a small stage at Six Flags Magic Mountain next to Viper, they found their way into a sound that combines arty post-punk and prog influences with psychedelic flourishes and funk-rock grooves. They lean into the eccentric, satirically commenting on the screwed-up society they know they negatively contribute to themselves.
Acknowledging that childhood is the place to look back to for the root of musical influence, Irons grew up in a very creative household headed by former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons. Less inspiringly, Williams’ eighth cousin is George W. Bush.
Over the coming months, IRONTOM will reveal more and more of their upcoming next album, each release weaving into the last. The journey will be unsettling, madcap and uninhibited fun. But full disclaimer; everything that you learn about the band that feels absurd or sensationalized, may very well be the truth.
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