Deftones - Ohms

'We're surrounded by debris of the past'

This is an odd choice of lead single from Deftones.  Title track and lead single from forthcoming album Ohms it's also the album closer.  Typically Deftones marching to their own beat, saying hello and goodbye at the same time.  

One of the best things about Deftones music is it's multi applicability, as Chino has stated in interviews that he was thinking about the environment and the Earth when he wrote these lyrics, but they could quite easily be taken to be about a relationship, people becoming lost in each other.

It's not as immediate as some of Deftones prior songs, it's not going to kick your down down, like 'Swerve City', it's not got the big hook of a 'Be Quiet And Drive' but there is something gently irresistible about it as it sneaks up on you, your ears registering what you've just heard in a sort of delay. The song mugs you when you think it's gone past.

Like a lot of the songs on 2016's Gore, this is a song to let wash over you, and I think it'll make a lot more sense as part of a cohesive album. It ebbs, it flows, but still drives like a tide.  I was always looking forward to hearing the new album, but with this slightly unexpected opening shot I am very curious to hear where it goes to get here...