Crazy Eyes

Industrial rock band Filter release their seventh studio album, 'Crazy Eyes'. Produced by frontman Richard Patrick, the album is the follow-up to 2013's 'The Sun Comes Out Tonight.'

'Crazy Eyes' first single, "Take Me to Heaven" is a song Patrick wrote after losing his father. "'Take Me to Heaven' was written after my dad just died, and where I'm coming from is I'm trying to find if there's an afterlife and I'm trying to believe in it. It's very hopeful. There's no more authentic and real that I could have gotten as a singer and lyricist."

As with each Filter album, Patrick is the only static member. Joining him on 'Crazy Eyes' is a brand-new lineup of guitarist Oumi Kapila, bassist Ashley Dzerigian, drummer Chris Reeve and keyboardist Bobby Miller. Recording began in 2015 after the band launched a campaign with PledgeMusic, with Patrick posting video updates of the band in the studio and on the road. "I made this video of 'parallel-universe Richie,'" he explains. "I was trying to be funny and make light of the situation, but lo and behold, people got the joke and participated in our record, and that was huge for us."