The Xcerts have revealed everything you need to know about their upcoming album, the follow-up to 2023’s ‘Learning How To Live And Let Go’.
Titled ‘i think i want to go home now’, it will be released on July 10 via FLG Records.
Voalist Murray Macleod had this to say about what the record represents for them:
“It was really time for us to band together and celebrate our friendship. We’re so proud that we’re still doing this, because we started the band 23 years ago. It’s astonishing really. This really is the purest Xcerts record there’s been since the first one. We dug really deep to discover what the defining sound of our band is and bled it all out”.
Take a look at the album’s artwork below:
To celebrate the announcement, the trio have also shared new single ‘pretty ugly’.
One of their heaviest offerings to date, Murray has spoken about the meaning behind the song:
“A nod to Scatterbrain but also heavily inspired by UK post hardcore bands like Kids Near Water and Tribute to Nothing whilst pushing the sound forward. Lyrically, it’s comically brutal. The vocals are borderline incoherent but that was intentional.”
“Another emotion I haven’t put in a song for a very long time is anger and at the time I found myself feeling very angry at the world. So this song takes a swipe at people who were criticising the band during a period when my family was going through a lot”
“The second verse is about my father and what he was going through after his cancer diagnosis. I reference the machinery that cut out my dad’s tumour, the Da Vinci XI, and also Van Gogh. ‘Maybe I’ll splatter my brains against the wall, then you can all dissect the art, I’ll do one better than Van Gogh and cut em both off.”
“The song is heavy in sound and heavy with emotion, so it was important to say something a bit left field because that’s what happens when you’re having an internal meltdown.”
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