Squid have shared a model new tune and video – try the Charlotte Ritchie-starring visible for ‘The Blades’ beneath.
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The observe is the most recent preview to be taken from the band’s upcoming second LP ‘O Monolith’, which is due out on June 9 through Warp.
Of the brand new tune, drummer/vocalist Ollie Decide mentioned: “It’s much more weak than stuff we’ve beforehand executed, which could be fairly a frightening factor. Dan [Carey] and I have been speaking about vocal supply and the way it will be good to not fully let myself go, and never fall again on shouting as a result of it’s extra immediately gratifying. The top of the tune is actually gentle and tender and I don’t suppose we’ve executed one thing like that earlier than.
“On the floor it’s a tune about police brutality with the final part sort of impressed by The Inform Story Coronary heart by Edgar Allen Poe, though I’ve by no means learn the ebook, I’ve simply seen The Simpsons’ spoof of it. Narratively it follows a police helicopter pilot’s day, ending with him in mattress listening to one other pilot circling the skies as if he have been taunting him. There’s a deeper which means in there someplace of my worry of ego, however I’m nonetheless figuring out which little bit of the tune that’s coming from.”
Take a look at the brand new video beneath.
Thus far, the album has been previewed by singles ‘Swing (In A Dream)’ and ‘Undergrowth’, and Decide lately advised NME of what to anticipate of the follow-up to 2021 debut ‘Vibrant Inexperienced Discipline’.
“We’re leaning much more into experimental tune constructions,” he continued. “After I was having a very laborious time writing lyrics and the album, I noticed this tweet from Missy Elliot saying ‘Don’t make a second album that feels like your first – simply go fucking nuts’” he mentioned. “It’s positively more durable to play dwell.”
The band are set to go out on a UK and Eire headline tour later this yr, with tickets obtainable right here.
Squid will play:
OCTOBER 2023
13 – Bristol, SWX
14 – Bristol SWX
16 – Birmingham, City Corridor
17 – Leeds, O2 Academy
18 – Manchester, New Century
21 – Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
22 – Newcastle, Boiler Store
NOVEMBER 2023
1 – London, Troxy
