Taxonomica Nights by Flickerbug

"Taxonomica Nights" is finally here, and honestly, we're still processing it. This one plunges deep into the tangled wiring of connection, what it feels like to actually, truly bond with another organism—or, you know, a person. We started thinking about how messed up classification can get when it comes to feelings. You try to label things, put them in a neat jar, but then they mutate or cross-pollinate in ways you never saw coming.

This album pulls apart those hidden love lives and rivalries pulsing under Taxonomica's neon habitats. It’s about Morphur hackers and Labelist enforcers risking everything for a secret rendezvous, or Wildtypes finding kinship with barcode-stamped insiders. You know, like how we all try to figure out where we belong, even when the system tries to put us in boxes. We wanted to transform the Zymotron from just a battleground into a dancefloor, a place where all those wires and data streams twist into something beautiful, chaotic, and totally electric. It's about how affection just rearranges everything, wire-tight and sometimes completely unhinged, but always sparking new ways to fit.

Sonically, we really leaned into the glitched-out heart of Flickerbug, pushing those wire-wrapped guitars and crunchy circuitboard percussion to places that feel both alien and incredibly human. We were constantly weaving in field-recorded cricket chirps, bird calls, and chopped animal noises, making the whole thing breathe like a living habitat. Remember those sampled taxonomy mnemonics? We twisted those into hooks that somehow feel like they've always been there, right alongside the buzzsaw synths. And yeah, we kept the production raw—vocals get pitch-warped mid-note, verses swap from clinical recitations to these infectious chorus outbreaks that just hit you. We even wired modular synths to insect-triggered sequencers, and sampled toy xylophones through USB microscopes for percussion. It’s a lot, but every single track snaps with that curiosity we’ve always chased.

We really tried to capture that emotional journey—from the initial spark of "Specimen Jar," where Xylo finds something mysterious and it opens up memories, to the push-and-pull of "Faction Lines," about love that just won’t stay in its lane. Jiltern’s "Metamorphosis Code" feels like shedding old skin, with her digital feathers shifting with every feeling. "Pheromone Trail" is pure clandestine communication, and then "Symbiotic" brings two sides together because they literally have no other choice. With "Classification Error," we let the glitches in the system become the most beautiful parts, showing how mistakes can actually lead to something incredible. And by "Breeding Season," it's just this full-on explosion of life, a total surrender to the chaos and joy of connection. Ending with "Specimen Return," it's about realizing that understanding another person is an ongoing process, not something you just check off a list.

This record, it’s our blueprint for bliss, for embracing mutation, and for finding that wild, surprising joy in discovering new species in one another. We put everything into mapping that push-pull between order and rogue evolution. It’s Glitch Pop for the lab and the field, sticky and snappy and wired for discovery. We think it’ll stick with you.

Circuit-bent melodies crash into twitchy vocals as we splice pop hooks with digital misfires. Our sonic laboratory buzzes with sampled insect chirps and pixel-perfect breakdowns—just the soundtrack for your next beautiful system malfunction.