Viagra Boys have shared a brand new tune referred to as ‘Creatures’ – hear under.
Following on from ‘Ain’t Nice’ (launched in October), the observe is ready to look on the Swedish post-punk outfit’s forthcoming album ‘Welfare Jazz’, which arrives on January 8, 2021 through YEAR0001.
The official ‘Creatures’ video finds frontman Sebastian Murphy exploring an extravagant mansion and its environment. After taking part in a synchronised swimming routine throughout the weird dream-like world, the singer is confronted with a meal of his personal head.
“Method down/ Beneath the water/ We don’t have jobs/ Yeah we don’t hassle/ To pay our payments or go to work or get to locations on time,” Murphy sings within the first verse over a bouncing, synth bass-driven instrumental.
Talking about ‘Welfare Jazz’ — which was produced by Matt Sweeney (Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Run the Jewels), Justin and Jeremiah Raisen (Yves Tumor, Kim Gordon, Sky Ferreira) in addition to previous collaborators Pelle Gunnerfeldt and Daniel Fagerström (The Hives, The Knife) — Murphy defined: “I’m not good at speaking about politics, however every little thing is political when it comes all the way down to it.
“I’d moderately write a tune about being defeated, which often comes from an actual place and says quite a bit,” he added. “We wrote these songs at a time after I had been in a long-term relationship, taking medicine every single day, and being an asshole.
“I didn’t actually realise what an asshole I used to be till it was too late, and lots of the report has to do with coming to phrases with the truth that I’d set the mistaken objectives for myself.”
Different songs to be featured on the report embody ‘Into The Solar’, ‘I Really feel Alive’ and ‘To The Nation’ – discover the total tracklist under.
1. ‘Ain’t Good’
2. ‘Chilly Play’
3. ‘Toad’
4. ‘The Previous Canine’
5. ‘Into The Solar’
6. ‘Creatures’
7. ‘6 Shooter’
8. ‘Finest In Present II’
9. ‘Secret Canine Agent’
10. ‘I Really feel Alive’
11. ‘Ladies & Boys’
12. ‘To The Nation’
13. ‘In Spite Of Ourselves’
Viagra Boys will embark on a UK and Eire tour subsequent summer time in assist of ‘Welfare Jazz’. The total schedule is as follows:
June 2021
1 – Concorde 2, Brighton
2 – NUSU Basement, Newcastle
3 – Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow
4 – The Discussion board, London
5 – Invisible Wind Manufacturing facility, Liverpool
6 – O2 Academy, Dublin
8 – The Ritz, Manchester
9 – The Mill, Birmingham
10 – SXW, Bristol