Maxïmo Park announced the release of their new album, Stream of Life, which will be available on September 27 through Lower Third.
Along with the news they are sharing a new single/video “Your Own Worst Enemy”, an indie rock hit which addresses the repetition of negative behaviours and the occasionally necessary self-deception required to get through daily life.
Commenting on it, lead singer Paul Smith says: “’Your Own Worst Enemy’ has a different feel to anything we’ve done before – loose and lean, yet still rocking! It’s about that horrible feeling where you suddenly realise you’ve made a familiar error, and also the lies we tell each other on a daily basis to avoid confrontation or turmoil”.
Maxïmo Park are releasing their latest single/video “Favourite Songs” today, along with announcing upcoming tour dates across the UK and EU in the Autumn.
Being the band’s first release in over 18 months, this song marks a return to celebratory vibes, embracing the profound ability of music to forge powerful connections and convey impactful messages. It is a dynamic and layered track, with driving rhythms and intricate guitar work that builds momentum throughout the length of it.
Watch below and find all the upcoming tour information here.
South London’s Heartworms aka Jojo Orme has returned with “May I Comply”, her first new release since EP A Comforting Notion was out earlier this year. It is an outstanding gothic rock ripper and it might be the punchiest song she has revealed so far.
The track is out with the accompanying music video, directed by Gilbert Trejo. It beautifully encapsulates the essence of the project’s musical style and aesthetics. Hopefully, the debut LP is somewhere on the horizon.
Ahead of September’s release of the new album Strange Disciple, Nation of Language have shared another of its tracks, a great new wave cut “Too Much, Enough”.
It is released alongside star-studded and probably their best music video so far, which features Emmy-nominated actor Jimmi Simpson, fellow musicians Reggie Watts, Kevin Morby, Tomberlin, Moldy Peaches’ Adam Green, and LVL UP’s Greg Rutkin, plus more than a dozen other close friends, and familiar faces. The surreal visual masterpiece was directed by Robert Kolodny.
Nation of Language performing live at Locomotiv Club, Bologna’22
Talking about the new song, the band shared the following:
«Too Much, Enough’ is a song born out of an exhaustion with the 24 hour news cycle and the outrage bait it uses to get everyone permanently wound up. It seems the only way to find an edge in the media business is to appeal to our most base instincts of disgust (see: the high ratings of Fox News, etc.), and we end up suffering both individually and collectively for it.
When it came to creating a visual to go alongside the song, we didn’t want the music video to be its own form of outrage bait so we went with a more absurdist approach, gathering some friends of ours, and of our incredible director Robert Kolodny, to make something fun and outlandish to that effect. We also laced the video with as many NOL-related Easter eggs and iconography as possible to give anyone watching an opportunity to play along at home and be a part of that absurdity. It felt good to try to name a problem for ourselves without leaning on fear and rage.
It’s a powerful thing to deny someone the ability to manipulate your most destructive emotions, and that’s something we want to celebrate here.
The overarching theme of Strange Disciple is infatuation and how one’s reality can be warped by it. We went a more romantic route with that on the previous video, but News is one of those less interpersonal activities it feels like everyone takes part in, so we wanted to show our disciple is just as susceptible to it as any other figure».
Nation of Language performing live at Locomotiv Club, Bologna’22
Brooklyn-based synth pop trio Nation of Language will release their third album Strange Disciple on September 15 via [PIAS] Recordings.
They have already shared twosingles from the project, and today we get a third. “Stumbling Still” is another stellar synth number that showcases the band’s ability to craft memorable pop songs with emotional depth and musical sophistication.
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