Colossal Spin
Interregnum Part One
Press Kit
Industrial Rock / Hard Rock
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Label: Theory & Product
Location: Vancouver, Canada (origin: Philadelphia, USA)
The world is finally ready for this.
Bio
Colossal Spin formed in Philadelphia in 1994, becoming part of the East Coast underground industrial circuit with shows across NYC, PA, and NJ. The debut v2.1.7 EP was released in 1996. Principal songwriter and producer Wil Arndt—performing as Zurich—moved to Vancouver in 1997, continuing to write and record until 2000 before shelving the Colossal Spin project for nearly 25 years.
In 2024, Arndt remastered v2.1.7 and began excavating unfinished work from the late 90s. Modern Resurrection EP arrived in October 2025, followed now by Interregnum Part One—the definitive collection from that era, including Ultraviolet, the song Arndt calls "the ultimate Colossal Spin song." A remaster of the 2000 album Dueling Suzis follows in February 2026.
As Zurich, Arndt writes from the space between extremes: lyrics that reject certainty, mock hollow gods, and refuse easy answers. The voice doesn't preach or choose sides—it observes, questions, and lets contradictions breathe.
Influences: Nine Inch Nails · Soundgarden · DJ Shadow · U2
Short Description
Interregnum Part One collects songs written between 1994 and 1999—during the uncertain years between Colossal Spin's Philadelphia origins and its Vancouver reinvention. These tracks were never properly released, though fans at the time responded to them immediately. Ultraviolet was so strong that a Philadelphia studio offered to produce it; the recording was never finished because life intervened. Now it is. Arndt has re-recorded every track with new vocals, guitars, bass, and live drums—while embedding original 8-track takes, professional studio sessions, and the iconic opening scream pulled directly from a decades-old tape. The result is music that exists in two eras at once: songs about synthetic existence, lost authenticity, and spiritual drift that were written before the world they described fully existed. It exists now.
Album Notes
"Interregnum" means "between reigns"—a period when normal order is suspended. For Colossal Spin, it describes the bridge between v2.1.7's hard industrial edge and Dueling Suzis' electronica. These songs capture a sound caught between futures: not quite the industrial past, not yet the genre-splintering present, but an unstable middle ground where both possibilities coexisted.
Ultraviolet anchors the release—driving groove, thick bass, alternating silky vocals and visceral screams, all layered over breakbeats and a wall of guitars. Jim Wallace's original Marshall stack recordings from Sonic Studios in Philadelphia are embedded in the mix; the opening "I'm ultraviolet" scream is lifted directly from 1997 8-track tape. Elfix pushes into falsetto and funk, a song about "silicone asphyxiation" that feels sharper in 2026 than it did in 1998. The intro tracks—Vine Street and How Far Will You Go?—frame the main songs as thresholds, posing questions about how far we're willing to go and what we become when we cross.
People who hear these songs say they sound like they were written today. They weren't. The world just caught up.
Tracklist
- Vine Street
- Ultraviolet
- Elfix
- How Far Will You Go?
- Modern Resurrection (Inter Edit)
Stream
Unlisted YouTube playlist — advance stream for press
Please do not distribute or share publicly until January 16, 2026
Credits
Vocals: Zurich
Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Synths, Keys, Samples, Programming: Wil Arndt
Additional Guitars (Ultraviolet, original 1997 sessions): Jim Wallace
Produced, Engineered, and Mastered by: Wil Arndt
Label: Theory & Product
Press Photos & Artwork
Links
Official Website • Spotify • YouTube • Instagram • Interview with Claude
Press Contact
Wil Arndt / Colossal Spin
📧 press@colossalspin.com
📍 Vancouver, Canada