Hyper-Cerebreal (New EP) - OUT NOW
COMING TO ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS ON MAY 20, 2026
Tape Lab’s newest EP, Hyper-Cerebreal, is a long time coming. Its an idea we’ve had and neglected but finally got around to. It's too cerebreal, you say? I suppose you’re mouthing your words while reading this.
Is that even how you spell Cerebreal? No. It’s its own word. Get it? Get real. Get out. Or just check it out. Like the library, we’re in your town.
This heater has some real fire. You know what they say about smoke and fire? That was not rhetorical (LEAVE YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS.)
Now for the SEO! This undiscovered new EP of electronic and lo-fi beats is a surge of energy and excitement. Except for when it builds tension, bit by bit.
MADNESS > METHOD
How did we do it? Well, it started with a new wire configuration and plugging in the instruments a bit differently.
What happens when an idea inverts into itself? An ingrown idea.
ABOUT HYPER-CEREBREAL
Hyper Cerebreal is Tape Lab’s reckoning with being too smart for its own good: the jokes go over people’s heads, the songs run long, and the payoff is waiting somewhere deep in the chaos. But that is the point. This is Tape Lab in full overthinking mode—funny, self-aware, musically restless, and committed to the sacred principle of waiting for the good parts.
The lead track, “HYPER CEREBREAL,” is a 15-minute rocker built on strong grooves from the Yamaha RM1X, Nintendo samples, tape-driven momentum, and the kind of extended-form weirdness that only Tape Lab would treat like a power move. It is long, loud, strange, and surprisingly locked in.
The album also includes two rare Tape Lab cover-interpolations: “She’s an Angel” by They Might Be Giants and “Balloonatic,” a Tape Lab take on “10,000 Red Balloons.” Neither is a straight cover. Both are filtered through the Tape Lab archive—warped, reworked, and rebuilt with the band’s usual mix of sincerity and sideways logic.
Elsewhere, “Reluxury” brings the project into real estate property video territory, turning luxury listing music into its own odd little genre, while “calmrm1x” serves as its softer sister track. Together, they ground the album’s cerebral sprawl with a calmer, more atmospheric Yamaha RM1X-driven feel.
For fans of experimental rock, Nintendo samples, Yamaha RM1X grooves, rare Tape Lab covers, They Might Be Giants interpolations, cassette culture, and long-form weird music, Hyper Cerebreal is one of Tape Lab’s most self-aware and rewarding releases. The songs may be too long. The jokes may be too specific. But honestly, that is the brand.
Hyper-Cerebreal (January 26, 2025)
TRACKLIST:
Crunch Boss Supreme 04:29
Balloonatic 08:09
Hyper Cerebreality 14:13
calmrm1x 04:00
reLuxury 03:15
Hyper Cerebreality
Sheeesh, its long but funny and has a consistent theme. #Weaklings
Crunch Boss Supreme
Starting off with a something smooth. The main melody is from the Yamaha DX7
Balloonatic
A rare cover, but more of an interpolation than a 1-to-1 remake. You’ll recognize it.
She’s an Angle
TMBG Cover. Had to do it. we love this song. Is the remake any better? Maybe not, but its fun!
reLuxury
This is real estate rock, music to sell your house to. LUXURY IN SOUND.
calmrm1x
Something calming from the Yamaha RM1X, nice mix of esoteric and enjoyable.
Hyper Cerebrillman (Cliquey Remix)
That is an especially cerebreal name, but the #Guitar licks are fantastic from Brillman! <3
