Visionary rock band Nowhere Nation has released their second single,“See Inside Your Mind,” the next chapter from their forthcoming visual concept album that tells the story of a corrupt, beyond-secret government agency. Watch the animated video now below.
Created by Arthur Blume and produced by Doug Rockwell (5 Seconds of Summer, Sleeping with Sirens), each track from Omicron threads together a rich concept, architected like an adrenaline- pumping mini-movie, across the album’s twelve tracks.. The world of Omicron is inspired by the current socio-political climate in the United States, and features accompanying graphic-novel-style illustrations by Aidan Hughes of KMFDM fame. The mysterious and alluring “See Inside Your Mind” unveils the second part of the album’s gripping story, which depicts a revolutionary romantic triangle between a secret agent, an assassin, and the head of an uber-secret agency, all through the lens of social critique.
“See Inside Your Mind”introduces Peter, the head of the agency, and Nine, the agency’s assassin and Peter’s lover and protégé. Nine is tired of working for Omicron, but feels bound to it and Peter. Nine meets agent Seven, and they fall for and sleep with each other. They confide in each other about their dissatisfaction with Omicron, and plot to run away together. After spending one last night together romantically, Nine is ready to break up with Peter despite feelings of guilt, and leave Omicron to be with Seven. Nine travels to London and then to North Africa, where she will meet up with Seven. Peter is slated to join them shortly to oversee a covert operation against a suspected terrorist leader. Meanwhile, Peter, at a cocktail party in Washington, DC, reflects and feels great satisfaction in being the spymaster and being able to manipulate people and read their minds — including, he mistakenly thinks, Nine’s. “I can see inside their minds, leading liars in a spiral, tuning fools until they sing, some people think, I can see inside their minds” he gloats. He looks forward to joining Nine shortly in North Africa and celebrating a successful operation by continuing their love affair, not knowing that the affair is already over.
“This song is a crucial part of the story as Peter is at the height of his power- or so he thinks. I chose to hypnotically repeat the title to evoke Peter’s quasi-hypnosis of people who fall into his reality distortion field,” shares Blume. “The motto “the world is not enough” to which this song alludes is actually the family motto of James Bond.”