Today is a great day to share with everyone the latest single and music video from art punk band Iguana Death Cult, called “I Like It, It’s Nice.” On this slick new song, Iguana Death Cult showcase their continued improvements as a band. The band is also announcing their next record, called Guns Out, that will be released on April 10th. If you’re enjoying the music, please consider pre-ordering Guns Out here.
The title “I Like It, It’s Nice” feels almost deadpan, like a throwaway phrase you’d hear while scrolling or shopping. Was that simplicity meant to mirror the way desire and approval get flattened in the digital age?
In a sense, yes. It started out like some dumb song we’d sing, being silly in the green room. Then we thought: what if we made an actual song out of this, what can these words mean? This in combination with the repetitiveness made us lean into critiquing a society addicted to instant gratification and the endless need to consume. Something we fall prey to ourselves as well off course. Something to be conscious of.
There’s a real sense of movement in the song—groovy, repetitive, almost trance-like. How important was locking into that physical, body-driven rhythm when shaping the track, especially as a gateway back into your garage-rock roots?
For me it was clear from the get go that we needed to keep this song simple and groovy. Working on it together we tried a couple of things but we soon all agreed that in order to get the idea across, it should be hypnotic. If this song in particular is our gateway back into that, I don’t know. For me that was more an overall attitude towards songwriting itself, the whole album. Meaning that we agreed to not linger, write fast and embrace imperfection.
You’ve joked that the song could just as easily be about a British baking show. How do you feel when listeners latch onto one interpretation over another—and do you secretly hope people argue about what it’s actually about?
That’s the dream! Haha. We’re open to all theories.