Description

Release Date: 1.11.2024

• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• BRAND NEW 12INCH WITH 5 TRACKS
• B SIDE ARE THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSIONS
EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE ON THIS MOV
VERSION
• INCLUDES INSERT
• LIMITED EDITION OF 1250 INDIVIDUALLY
NUMBERED COPIES ON VOODOO COLOURED
VINYL

As a singer, poet, songwriter, visual artist, film producer, activist and
composer, Serj Tankian, lead vocalist and lyricist for the GRAMMY©
Award-winning rock band System of a Down, is always creating,
always looking ahead. In 2024, this has brought him to a place where
he is also excavating his past and embracing and re-evaluating it in
the present. His recent memoir, the New York Times bestseller Down
with the System, saw him dive deep into the principles, passions and
philosophies that have fueled his life in and out of music. Similarly, his
new EP, Foundations, mines music and lyrics from previous decades
and reframes them in a hard-hitting, intensely focused collection. It is,
Tankian says, “A retrospective of songs from different eras of my life,
meant to complement the memoir.”
Like all of Tankian’s work, the five tracks that comprise Foundations
encompass a wide range of sounds and styles. It is music that
traverses multiple eras and vast swaths of emotions. It is also very
much a rock album – “music of rebellion,” as Tankian puts it.
A true creative tour de force, Tankian recorded Foundations primarily
at his own Serjical Strike Studios in L.A. He wrote, performed,
orchestrated and produced all the material, as well as contributed the
artwork – an original piece titled “Sunburst” – that adorns the album
cover. Additional instrumentation on the record was provided by
Dan Monti (guitars, bass and drum programming) and, on “Cartoon
Buyer,” by bassist Mario Pagliarulo and SOAD drummer John
Dolmayan.
“Foundations” is due on November 1st via Gibson Records in the
USA and everywhere else via Music On Vinyl.
The Music On Vinyl edition exclusively includes the instrumentals of
the 5 tracks on side B.
It will be limited to 1250 individually numbered copies on Voodoo
coloured vinyl and will include an insert

 SIDE A
1. A.F. DAY
2. JUSTICE WILL SHINE ON
3. APPROPRIATIONS
4. CARTOON BUYER
5. LIFE’S REVENGEFUL SON

SIDE B
1. A.F. DAY
2. JUSTICE WILL SHINE ON
3. APPROPRIATIONS
4. CARTOON BUYER
5. LIFE’S REVENGEFUL SON