Brighton art-rockers Ideal Living have shared their explosive new single ‘Loving & Still’ via Crafting Room Recordings (ELLiS·D, SoftTop). Produced by Ben Hampson (Lambrini Girls, Ditz) at Agricultural studios, the track delivers a lyrical maelstrom of anger and confusion, directed both inwards and outwards, as frontman (and band founder) Billy Marsh explains:
“The opposite of a love letter, ‘Loving & Still’ attacks the general idea that you need to achieve a lot by the time you’re 30. It’s a mixture of anger towards myself, for not being where I perhaps should be in life, and towards the vapidness of modern social settings in general, and the feeling that ideas of success anyway are veiled in emptiness and fakery.”
Doomy and gothic, manic and captivating, there really isn’t anything quite like it. Marsh comes across almost possessed trapped in the middle of a chaotic swirling musical mess of horns, strings and drums. It’s a psychotic masterpiece.
Check it out, here
Upcoming Live Dates:
- 24 OCT // Portsmouth, The Deco (supporting Borough Council)
- 26 OCT // Brighton, Green Door Store
- 28 OCT // London, The Old Blue Last
- 31 OCT // Bristol, The Louisiana
- 1 NOV // Northampton, The Garibaldi Hotel
- 5 NOV // Liverpool, The Jacaranda Club
- 6 NOV // Leeds, Wharf Chambers (Supporting Draags)
- 8 NOV // Sheffield, Sidney and Matilda
- 9 NOV // Brighton, Mutations Festival
- 10 NOV // York, The Crescent
