Today, alternative Australian band Stand Atlantic share news of their fifth studio album GODBREATH, to be released on October 23 via Virgin Music Group. Out now, new single ‘LUCID’ provides the next glimpse into the psyche of an act that knows exactly who they are, and where they want to go.
The last decade together has seen Stand Atlantic shift perceptions, push boundaries and find new ways to make alternative music shimmer. A collection that feels wonderfully fierce and refreshingly free, GODBREATH sees the band venture into uncharted waters, yet they have never felt closer to home. Genuine feeling shines across the record – from the uncompromising, stream-of-consciousness songwriting of Bonnie Fraser, to the symbiotic musicianship captured in the live tracking of each recording. Littered with as many timeless and timely bangers, pulling as much from turn-of-the-century pop-rock vibrancy as modern day pop-punk bounce, it is a body of work seeing them audaciously step out of their comfort zones while connecting with their truest selves.
New single ‘LUCID’ evolved toward the end of the album’s writing process, when any pressures or pre-conceived notions about the project had been let go, and the band had come to dive head first into their emotions. From a bout of writer’s fatigue this explosive track was born, its explorations of self-sabotage coming alive through heart-pounding drums, propelling rhythms and raw vocals. Where inner conflict and radical self-acceptance collide, we are truly “wide awake and lucid”. The accompanying music is a montage of VHS-styled footage filmed at their hometown Lord Gladstone hotel, diving straight to the guts of the track while capturing the fiery live energy of the band.
“This was a hard track to figure out. ‘LUCID’ was one of the last songs we wrote for this record and I was kind of done. I felt like I was running out of things to say that wouldn’t feel super contrived. So I went plain and simple, I thought ‘I’m not going to overthink this, let’s go with what self-sabotage feels like’, and explored that lyrically,” says Bonnie Fraser.
GODBREATH:
- LUCID
- NEXT2U
- Velcro
- SO COOL
- Favourite Flavour
- finger
- d.L.M.A
- EDGE OF VEGAS
- teeth
- HeadRush
- Gimme A Show
