The Xcerts are back and at their heart-wrenching best with one of the most delicately raw and beautifully heavy songs of their career.

Titled ‘in your eyes’, it is storytelling at its most intimate and intense. A song rooted in loss, specifically in just how much cancer takes from us when it finds it way into our lives, it’s the sort of song that takes a lot to put on paper, let alone release into the world. But for the band to bring all their feelings together and create a track that is as much a gorgeous tribute as a tear-inducing release of emotion is a testament to their artistry, and that even after all these years, they still have the skill to craft something brilliantly human from such a mix of chemicals.

Vocalist Murray MacLeod has explained a bit more about the song’s roots, stating, “in your eyes” is without question the most raw and personal song we’ve ever written. Fundamentally, it’s about loss. The loss of what I deemed to be forever love and the cruelty of cancer. The closing lines of the song are ‘this isn’t goodbye, this is I’ll love you forever’, which serves as a full stop but also has an open-ended feel to it. It’s a desperate grieving cry, but while writing the words, I also thought, well, if this is the last thing we ever create, then that’s the message I want to ring out in Jordan, Tom and our fan base’s ears. I’m aware it’s overly sincere, but it’s true, and the truth is all we wanted to convey. The song finishes with Jordan’s mum blowing a kiss and saying “I love you” which is extremely emotional, but it was important for her to close out this song as it belongs to her.”

It serves as the band’s second release of the year, following on from ‘do it to myself’ which arrived in January. That sounds like this:

The band have also been added to the line-up of 2000trees, a festival that they will always have an affinity with. They join the likes of Neck Deep, Alkaline Trio, Funeral For A Friend, The Bronx, Superheaven, Arcane Roots, Cancer Bats, Glasjaw, High Vis, As Everything Unfolds and many MANY more.

The festival takes place between July 8-11 at Upcote Farm, Cheltenham. Tickets are available, for now, at 2000trees.co.uk.



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