FATHERSON RETURN WITH “END OF THE WORLD”
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Fatherson are back, but not as you know them. End Of The World, the first new music from the band in three years, is a dreamy, synths-drenched beauty shot through with mischief.
“If it’s my last day on earth, I’m doing whatever I want,” sings a carefree Ross Leighton as the track shapeshifts around him.
Composed over Zoom during last spring’s lockdown, End Of The World takes the Kilmarnock-born, Glasgow-based trio into new territory while retaining their storytelling side.
“End Of The World is about going through tough times and coming out the other side. Suddenly you realise that you’re actually fine. So what if someone doesn’t love you anymore? Nevermind that life isn’t as it used to be. It’s definitely a bit tongue-in-cheek. If the world really was ending, you’d want to forget all the shit that’s been thrown at you and go out and have fun.”
End Of The World, produced by Steph Marziano (Hayley Williams, Denai Moore, Mumford & Sons), oozes optimism and dispenses with the distorted guitars of Fatherson’s past. “Our aim was to write a big song with a campfire feel,” says Ross. “At its core it’s a song you can sing along to, just vocals, acoustic guitar and drums. We’ve always had big choruses, but this time the focus is more on melody than adding bells and whistles in the production.
“As soon as we heard it back we knew we were on the right path. It’s a confident song that doesn’t have to shout, less a reinvention than a progression of where Fatherson have been before.”
End Of The World comes with a fresh, uplifting video in which the band serve up ice-cream, whilst a mysterious central figure sets out to rid the world of bad news, headline by headline.
“We had such a fun time making this one that we wanted to share the joy,” says Ross. “Will there be ice-cream at our gigs? Actually, that’s not a bad idea, as long as it’s not left to us to clean up.”
This cadence of textures emerges and brings this sweeping motion into the intimate ambiance, Fatherson starts to build their enveloping environment filled with few but perfectly chosen sounds. The focus goes on the powerful vocal notes and accompanied harmonies which lift the personal, truly raw lyrical course.
LIVE DATES – OCTOBER
Fri 1 Oct | Hebden Bridge – The Trades Club | sold out
Sat 2 Oct | Sheffield – Foundry 2
Sun 3 Oct | Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach
Tue 5 | Leicester – 02 Academy 2
Wed 6 | London – The 100 Club | sold out
Thu 7 | Brighton – The Hope & Ruin | sold out
Fri 8 – Southampton – The Joiners | sold out
Sun 10 | Hull – Social
Mon 11 | Liverpool – 02 Academy 2
Tues 12 | Dundee – Fat Sam’s | sold out
Wed 13 | Edinburgh – The Liquid Room | sold out
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