Asylums have revealed their new single Millennials! The track, taken from forthcoming album Alien Human Emotions (July 6, Cool Thing Records), sees a different side of Asylums with it being their first slow track, taking away all the distortions for a straight up ballad.
Vocalist Luke Branch says; “For the first time in a single we have stripped back the distortion and pulled back the pace, on ‘Millennials’ we wanted to put the lyrical message up front and centre but that message is open to interpretation.”
For the video, the band chose to once again collaborate with long-term collaborator Kana Waiwaiku and Luke explains; “Kana Waiwaiku (Director) and I started this shoot by getting in a cab with a fish tank, a ton of vitamin tablets and a painting of Earth. The production ended in an all-night casino, huddled around a laptop in Southend, finalising the look of the video using their free wi-fi. It seemed fitting for a song which is ultimately about alienation”
Check out Millennials below;
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Catch Asylums on the dates below;
June
24th Isle Of Wight Festival
July
6th Southend, Chinnerys (headline) and South Records In Store (1pm)
9th Bristol, Rough Trade In-store
10th Nottingham, Rough Trade In-store
11th London, Rough Trade East In-store (7pm)
14th 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham
20th The Summer Westival, Aldershot
August
3rd Neverworld Festival, Tunbridge Wells
September
1st Wilkestock, Frogmore Hill, Hertford
7th. Wheels and Fins Festival, Josh Bay Beach, Kent
October
6th Neighbourhood Festival, Manchester
November
3rd 2Q Festival, Lincoln
Photo credit: Kana Waiwaiku