IMA ROBOT SHARES NEW SINGLE “TUMBLING DOWN”

IMA ROBOT SHARES CINEMATIC NEW SINGLE “TUMBLING DOWN” FROM UNEARTHED LOST LP SEARCH AND DESTROY – LISTEN SEARCH AND DESTROY SET TO RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 14

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“Tumbling Down” reveals the band’s softer, more cinematic edge. Jangling glam guitars meld with old analog synths as the band exudes the optimistic nihilism of cultural dissent. “We wrote it as an anti-fascist anthem, a spooky anarchic fuck-you folk banger to remind us that sometimes self-annihilation is the cost of courage,” says frontman Alex Ebert. “It’s one of those songs that feels even more relevant today than when it was written.” Ima Robot turned out to be a kind of supergroup in reverse: singer/songwriter Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros), guitarist Tim Anderson (Twenty One Pilots, Billie Eilish), bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails), multi-instrumentalist Filip Nikolic (Junior Senior, Poolside), multi-instrumentalist Oliver Goldstein (Oliver), and drummer Scott Devours (Roger Daltry, The Who). Ima Robot built their early reputation as one of Los Angeles’ most unpredictable live acts of their time. Their shows were stuff of legends; wild, messy, often bloody, always wholly alive. That raw electricity became the band’s signature: punk energy stitched into a quilt of genres and unfiltered emotion.  Two decades later, Search and Destroy returns to those roots, an unearthed record laced with irreverent ferocity, electronic static, guitars that scrape yet shimmer and industrial synths ripping beneath high-voltage tension. The album reflects the band’s creative independence, proof that music can thrive on its own terms, outside of the machine. The irony in their name becomes almost poetic; beneath the abrasive riffs and playful banter lie love, longing, and the absurdity of life, sometimes frenzied, sometimes tender, but always electric.   Search and Destroy is a communal act as it rekindles the reckless joy, intimacy, and ferality of Ima Robot. For newcomers, it opens a door back to Los Angeles in the early 2000s, a time when anything felt possible if the music was loud enough. And for its devotees, it is a long-awaited homecoming. At its core, it's a reminder that some stories are meant to return, waiting patiently until the moment is right.

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Search and Destroy Album Art by Shahana Khan

TRACK LIST: Search and Destroy Tumbling Down Sing Boy Better Than Knife Hello I Love You Ima Alien Paint the Town Red Winter Fling Time Is The Cure ABOUT IMA ROBOT: Formed in the late 90s—before his worldwide recognition in Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros—lead singer Alex Ebert along with guitarist Tim Anderson (Twenty One Pilots, Billie Eilish), bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails), multi-instrumentalist Filip Nikolic (Junior Senior, Poolside), multi-instrumentalist Oliver Goldstein (Oliver), and drummers Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Oasis, REM, Beck) and Scott Devours (Roger Daltry, The Who) forged Ima Robot within the contradiction of anarchy and intimacy. They built their early reputation as one of Los Angeles’ most unpredictable live acts (will Ebert bleed, will the air be thick with duck feathers, will they be wearing loin cloths), sewing the raw electricity of punk into a quilt of disparate genres. Their early demos, invariably marked by the same recklessness and unflinching vulnerability, were “released” by the hundreds before their major-label signing in 2003, earning them a bootleg following that persists to this day.

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