Re-TROS are looking to extend their influence on their new album, Before the Applause. Due to arrive September 22nd via Modern Sky Records, it was recorded and mixed by Hector Castillo (David Bowie, Björk) in Beijing and Brooklyn. The nine-track effort is said to have incorporated “more experimental, electronic soundscapes,” and their latest single “Red Rum Aviv” drives this point home. A manic, colorful rush for over five minutes, there’s layered waves of rolling percussion, sizzling and driving guitars, and elastic vocals that seem to stretch in all directions. “‘Red Rum Aviv’ is the first time we used loopstation in a song,” Hua Dong, the group’s lead singer/guitarist/keyboardist tells Consequence of Sound. “It’s also the first time we’ve added elements outside of classical post punk to our music. It was inspired by an article I’ve read about the Stanford Prison Experiment.”