Italian goth metal veterans LACUNA COIL performed their new single, “In The Mean Time”, live for the first time during their April 27 concert at the Summer Breeze festival at Memorial Da América Latina in São Paulo, Brazil. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below.
The studio version of “In The Mean Time”, featuring Ash Costello of NEW YEARS DAY, was made available on April 19. The song’s title is a reference to the mean times the world is living in, as well as a reference to the state the band itself is in, between cycles.
LACUNA COIL stated: “‘In The Mean Time’ is a reflection on how much our society has generally ‘lost the plot’. We are living in really mean times filled with unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive. The pressure that crushes from the outside doesn’t allow us to see things with the right clarity.
“This song is like group therapy: not a lamentation, but acceptance that once broken, it’s hard to put oneself back together again.
“We need to take our minds off all the inescapable toxicity and find that there’s so much more to this life… and know that in the meantime, everything cannot be aligned.
“We invited Ash Costello from NEW YEARS DAY to feature on the track and we’re thrilled she came on board adding exactly what we needed for this song with her warm voice and charisma.”
Costello said: “I am deeply honored to join LACUNA COIL on tour for the first time, to have the incredible opportunity to lend my guest vocals to a new track and appear in the music video. Working alongside the powerhouse vocalist Cristina has been a privilege, and I may be biased in saying that ‘In The Mean Time’ has quickly become my favorite by LACUNA COIL. Its message about embracing individuality and not conforming deeply resonates with me.”
LACUNA COIL will embark on the “Ignite The Fire” U.S. tour next month with support from NEW YEARS DAY and OCEANS OF SLUMBER.
Last July, LACUNA COIL released the official lyric video for the band’s single “Never Dawn”. For the track, LACUNA COIL partnered with CMON, the renowned board game publisher behind the popular game “Zombicide”.
LACUNA COIL has spent some of the last couple of years promoting “Comalies XX”, the “deconstructed” and “transported” version of the band’s third album, “Comalies”.
“Comalies XX” was made available on October 14, 2022 via Century Media Records.
LACUNA COIL celebrated the 20th anniversary of “Comalies”, by performing it in its entirety at a one-night-only concert on October 15, 2022 at Fabrique in Milano.
“Comalies” was originally released on October 29, 2002 through Century Media Records. The LP, which featured the band’s breakthrough single “Heaven’s A Lie”, has reportedly gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States alone.