GODSTICKS have released a new single!
The UK-based progressive rock/metal outfit have unveiled M.I.A., the first single from their upcoming seventh studio album VOiD, which is scheduled to be released in March, via Kscope.
The track offers the first glimpse into what the band describe as their darkest and most uncompromising album to date, and arrives alongside a new video produced by Martin Holmes.
Speaking about the single, frontman and songwriter Darran Charles explains, “although I’ve no experience in the field of psychology I’ve always been fascinated (and indeed tortured) by that voice in your head that goes under various guises such as ‘inner critic’ or ‘inner monologue’.
Mine is a mouthy bastard that has an opinion on practically everything and never fails to offer it – incessantly. No amount of internal vitriol directed at it seems to quieten its destructively negative offerings. It never sleeps either – I could wake up at 4am to use the bathroom and to my surprise and determent, it reminds me that it’s been up all night searching through the archives to remind me of some embarrassment I felt 25 years ago.
I always like to imagine this voice manifested in physical form, so when it tells me that it thinks I’m a terrible musician, or that I’m conceited, or that I’ve wasted my life away, or lists all the wrong decisions I’ve made over my life, then I could beat the living shit out of it.
M.I.A. is a song about that. And I think this same voice was responsible for writing the guitar and drum parts, because they were tortuous too, and made us all question our ability as musicians at one point or another. We won in the end though, so fuck you, me!”
Watch the official music video for M.I.A. here:
VOiD is set for release on March 27th via Kscope. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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