FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘MENTALIZED’ OUT FEBRUARY 7 VIA 2MR / ASTRAL PEOPLE.

Today, Sydney-based artist Skeleten (aka Russell Fitzgibbon) unveils new single ‘Bodys Chorus’, ahead of his forthcoming second album release, ‘Mentalized’, arriving in full on February 7, 2025 via 2MR / Astral People Recordings. Song pulls you in with hypnotic synth-bell chimes, and pushes you back with staccato overdrive guitar stabs, as if shaking you out of a daydream. Turntablist scratching is layered within the sonic texture of both the song and the album to come, an homage to nu-metal and trip hop’s humanistic approach to electronic music. It’s an attention to detail that Skeleten relishes in, and which rewards deep listens. ‘Mentalized’ exists in a rich sonic universe defined by hypnotic yet emotive songwriting, and organic production that draws from a vast blend of influences. Where Skeleten’s lauded debut album ‘Under Utopia’ celebrated a world of hope and beauty pushed upwards by us all, his second record will posit that this push comes with a struggle. It is less about the fantastical, and more about asking how we are mentalized, and taken away from ourselves everyday. To play in this world doesn’t come without working for it, and that struggle is best when shared. Single joins his recent tracks ‘Deep Scene’, ‘Love Enemy’ and ‘Viagra’, alongside respective remixes by Axel Boman and Spray, in laying the foundations for ‘Mentalized’.

‘Mentalized’ Tracklist:

1 – These People
2 – Love Enemy
3 – Bodys Chorus
4 – Crack In The Shell
5 – Deep Scene
6 – Raw
7 – Let It Grow
8 – Viagra
9 – Ravers Dream
10 – Mindreader

Skeleten Live Dates:

Mar 8 – 10, 2025: Golden Plains Festival, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, VIC

Photo by Rudolf Zverina @rvsf

“‘Bodys Chorus’ was a key point in discovering the sound and themes on the album. Free the life force. Share space and movement. Say no to mentalization. Wikipedia: Chorus is an audio effect that occurs when individual sounds with approximately the same time, and very similar pitches, converge… none of the constituent sounds are perceived as being out of tune. It is characteristic of sounds with a rich, shimmering quality that would be absent if the sound came from a single source. Like that but with bodys (sic).” – Skeleten