by Ben Hogwood<\/strong>, taken from the press release<\/p>\n London shoegazers Whitelands<\/strong> have released Blankspace<\/em>, the fourth single from their forthcoming album Sunlight Echoes<\/em>, due from Sonic Cathedral<\/strong> on 30 January.<\/p>\n There is an impressive depth to this track, for as the press release recognises there is \u201csome real grit underpinning the melody. Unsurprising, as it\u2019s about a particularly dark period in singer Etienne Quartey-Papafio<\/strong>\u2019s life. \u201cI was faced with mortality and very difficult things,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m still not sure how to talk about it.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s about coming face-to-face with death, grief and mortality,\u201d expands bassist Vanessa Govinden<\/strong>. \u201cThis one song became a way to carry all of that heaviness.\u201d<\/p>\n You can watch the striking visualiser by Whitelands\u2019 guitarist Michael Adelaja<\/strong> below:<\/p>\n