In November, deathcrash returned with “Triumph” and teased a new record. Now, the London slowcore outfit is announcing Somersaults, the followup to 2023’s Less. The title track is out today, and it’s a melancholic, reflective gem.
“This record comes from a place of growing up, and giving up on adolescent dreams,” bassist Patrick Fitzgerald. “[Guitarist] Matt [Weinberger] presented to us this beautiful nostalgic song, more or less fully formed, and he’d called it ‘Somersaults’ before the vocals were ever written for it. It became a symbol for the record more or less instantly,”
While the resigned vocal delivery and poignant guitars certainly build an atmosphere of wistfulness, the lyrics are what really hit: “As you grew up into an elegant life/ My childhood room was still the center of mine.” The song ascends to a beautiful place as it goes on. Listen below.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Somersaults”
02 “NYC”
03 “CMC”
04 “Triumph”
05 “Bella”
06 “The Things You Did”
07 “Wrong To Suffer”
08 “Stay Forever”
09 “Love For M”
10 “Marie’s Last Dance”
Somersaults is out 2/27 via untitled (recs). Pre-order it here.
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