April 14, 2025
New York City-based progressive rock quartet Edensong presents a new lyric video for Book Of Complaints
New York City-based progressive rock quartet Edensong presents a new lyric video for Book Of Complaints, the latest single from their upcoming new album, Our Road To Dust. The video makes its debut through a premiere hosted by Sonic Perspectives.
With additional recording, sound design and production elements handled from Edensong allies across New York, London, and more, Our Road To Dust was produced and recorded by James Byron Schoen at Firecat Audio in New York City, and mixed by Johan Martin/mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden (Katatonia, Opeth, Amorphis).
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The record is completed with photography by Kelly Robertson and artwork by Nate Dorr and Ben Wigler.
The new lyric video for Book Of Complaints was created by Wayne Joyner, who has created videos for Dream Theater, Yes, Kansas, Arch Enemy, and countless others. Edensong bassist/vocalist TD “BenBen” Towers, who is the main songwriter on the track and makes his lead vocal debut, reveals,
“When I started working on it, just before bringing it to Edensong, I was going through a very rough series of creative breakups with other artistic partnerships that had turned sour; bad hierarchical relationships that just broke down. In one case, a creative partner who was prone to childlike temper tantrums became violent in a way that was ridiculous.
Book Of Complaints is mostly told from the perspective of a person like that, who can fight and fight and fight and never reflect. The idea of an emotionally violent person’s idea of reflection being suppressing any actual introspection and just looking in the mirror and saying, ‘Yep, you’re right, you’re always right,’ is kind of the lunacy this song explores.
“What’s so amazing about Wayne’s video is that it captures that lunatic energy, this kind of mythological warfare that elevates ridiculously petty disputes to the level of full-on fantasy novel brutality. It’s also just a visceral, visual feast that explores generative techniques that I find endearing and will be looked back upon as a really cool contribution to a specific moment in aesthetic history.”
Sonic Perspectives calls the song, “a progressive rock blast fueled by chaos and catharsis,” writing, “The track ‘Book Of Complaints’ is a reflection on fractured artistic relationships, petty conflict, and the odd places inspiration can strike.”
The Lasers Edge will release Our Road To Dust on CD and digital on May 9th. Find preorders through the label webshop and Bandcamp.
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Edensong will also return to the stage in support of the album, having already confirmed a release show in Brooklyn on May 8th, followed by a special performance at the Terra Incognita Festival in Quebec City on May 17th.
Edensong Live:
5/08/2025 Main Drag Music – Brooklyn, NY *Release Show w/ Laura Meade and John Galgano, You Bred Raptors [tickets]
5/17/2025 Festival Terra Incognita @ La Chapelle Spectacles – Quebec City, QC [tickets]
