On the new single, Baby Smith said “Lyrically, we were playing with an idea of creating an oddity in the feeling of the song. We wanted things to be not quite sitting right, almost being nonsensical. We wanted to create a sense of friction by mixing the mundane with something more surreal. It was partly inspired by one of our closest friends going through a really intense period, dealing with serious health issues whilst also becoming a father. It felt like the best of times and the worst of times colliding. We kept coming back to this paradox and wanted to create a bit of a dizzying emotion in the lyrics. We ended up in a whimsical, off-kilter place with the song. Lines like “On time waiting round for hours” or “Cemetery winters, doctors singing seaside blues” give us this weird almost disorientating feeling as if something is a bit off. There are little encoded messages in the lyrics that are a nod to things from our lives that we thought would be cool to throw in, kinda secrets in plain sight.

“We’ve been playing this one live for a while now and we have been getting a really nice response from it. The ending in particular is a lot of fun for us to play. We really wanted to capture this big coda on record, but with so many ideas and melodies, finding the right balance was a challenge. We ended up weaving different motifs in and out, which took some work to get right without overdoing it. We ended up packed in as much as we could and even brought in some friends to add strings, flute, and tuba which was a fun to record.”

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On ‘Lately, Love Is Dead’, the band said  “The song touches on idol worship and beauty standards. “I wanna be pretty, I wanna be sought after, I wanna be someone else, I wanna be somewhere else.” This comments on the way our capitalist society is built and how it constantly reinforces that we should always want more and we shouldn’t dare to be satisfied with who we are, how we look, where we are in our lives, or our circumstances. Everything is disposable, people are disposable, love is disposable. We honestly think love may be dead right now. The world is in such a dark place, and it’s pretty hard to bear. As people, we are becoming more isolated and individualised.”

Lately, Love Is Dead:

1. Adored
2. Limoncello River
3. Walkie Talkie
4. Golden
5. All I Do
6. Take It Or Leave It
7. Lately, Love Is Dead (YouTube)
8. Don’t Look Down
9. Have I Lost Myself Or Sense Of Melody
10. Goodnight Baby

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