Set to release Monarch Joy on May 23rd via Swimming Faith, Science Man has shift from solo project to band. It could best be described as the difference between claustrophobic sci-fi terror vs a roving gang of ruthless maniacs. It’s still chaotic, but the chaos has evolved.

The solo project of John Toohill, Science Man is mutant experimentation gone awry, a transmission of disgust from the gutter, as enthusiastically weird as it is forever menacing. It’s a hardcore band, to be sure, but Science Man has become as much an art project, with a cinematic component that’s become increasingly engrained in Toohill’s work.

Science Man returns once again with Nines Mecca, due out March 18th via Swimming Faith and Feral Kid Records. The album is faster, nastier, and a bit more direct, offering a pummeling that sits somewhere between hardcore and blistering punk, and with it comes ten new videos, one per song that piece together the Nines Mecca story.