We were mightily impressed by End Scene‘s 2021 album ‘All My Ghosts’ (see our review here) and other than a single in 2023 and a low key release earlier this year, things have been relatively quiet for the duo. But all is revealed: they have been working hard on a second album and have just unleashed a single ‘Flavour of the Month’ which seems to herald a slight deviation from their usual indie pop fare.
‘Flavour of the Month’ is a brash punky song delivered with a shouty sneer excoriating the vacuous and ephemeral world of influencers and celebrity culture, mixed in with what member James Jennings says is some good old-fashioned bitching and moaning about the ravishes of time. He says:
Look, there’s probably a bit of ‘old man yells at cloud’ about the lyrics, but fuck it, it’s how I was feeling when I wrote it. The song goes hard, that’s all that matters.
It’s filled with a wry sense of humour, a cathartic delivery tinged with an antipodean twang, a sardonic tone and a raised eyebrow. The video, a humorous and very literal interpretation of the song’s lyrics, was shot, directed and edited by Jennings’ teenage daughter, Lily.
She did an amazing job and has essentially been roped into a rich family tradition of goofy,
zero-budget videos. Poor bugger.
It’s all fun and games for End Scene with a serious message underneath, and a welcome return:
‘Flavour of the Month’ is out now and available to download and stream here. End Scene’s second album ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’ is set for release in January 2025.
