The Nationwide have shared a brand new single that includes Phoebe Bridgers – take heed to ‘Your Thoughts Is Not Your Pal’ beneath.
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The melancholic piano-led track serves because the fourth and last preview of the band’s ninth album ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’, which is due for launch on April 28 (pre-order right here).
“Don’t you perceive?/ Your thoughts shouldn’t be your good friend once more/ It takes you by the hand/ And leaves you nowhere,” frontman Matt Berninger croons as Bridgers delivers a haunting backing vocal in unison.
Per a press launch, the one “confronts the entanglements of the routine thoughts and the overwhelming nature of scrutiny”, and emerged throughout a interval of author’s block for Berninger.
‘Your Thoughts Is Not Your Pal’ is accompanied by a nostalgic official video, which was directed by Bridgers’ brother Jackson. Filmed in Los Angeles, the clip stars Berninger’s brother Tom – tune in above.
Just lately, Matt Berninger opened up about how the one’s title and lyrics had been impressed by the recommendation his spouse Carin Besser had given him as he battled despair. She mentioned: “This isn’t you, this isn’t actual, that is simply your mind proper now, your thoughts shouldn’t be your good friend.”
The singer spoke candidly about his struggles with psychological sickness and author’s block, and the way he documented them on The Nationwide’s upcoming studio album, throughout an unique cowl interview for the most recent situation of Uncut.
“I’d been writing unhappy, miserable music for a very long time, then when it actually hits me, when all of it actually catches as much as me, I didn’t wish to write about it any extra,” he mentioned. “I simply couldn’t articulate the fog in any respect. I didn’t wish to put phrases to it. It simply all felt ugly and gross and all of the ideas in my head have been small and bitter and fearful.”
This summer time, The Nationwide are set to embark on a world tour that takes in dates within the UK, the US and Europe. Go to right here for tickets and extra data.
