The band released a concept album, titled Lotus Island , on January 21, 2013. It also served as an alternate soundtrack to the 1973 film The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky . The album consists of seven instrumental tracks, four full band completed songs with vocals, and a remastered and remixed version of “It Rapes All in Its Path”. The album has a running time of 40 minutes and was mixed entirely by Borland, his first attempt at mixing a full album. According to Wes Borland, the album is more of a “thing”. Borland considers Lotus Island to be neither a true album nor an EP, but an “interim piece”. In 2016, Borland said that he would never record another Black Light Burns album. However, in October 2017 he stated that after his current commitments with Big Dumb Face , Queen Kwong and his next solo album, he aimed to release a new Black Light Burns album in June 2018, which he stated is “because [he] said [he’d] never do that again”. In November 2024, Borland revealed that Black Light Burns was inactive due to a shift in his mindset following his marriage. He explained that because he was no longer channelling anger or frustration and was “happy all the time now,” he found himself unable to write lyrics for the side project.
Released Lotus Island
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