Post-hardcore quintet LASTELLE have announced the second half of their ‘Exist’ project will be released 12th September in the form of the EP ‘Exist – vol ii’. This announcement comes alongside the release of a new single. The beautifully expansive ‘Tired Eyes’ is out today with accompanying music video.
An important track for the project, guitarist Jonjo Williams says “This was the first song written for Exist. Lyrically, it’s about how love can make you choose to be blind to issues in a relationship, and the mental toll taken when trying to pull back together a relationship that’s unwillingly, although not unexpectedly, falling apart.”
The band-directed music video for ‘Tired Eyes’ centres around a character they titled ‘The Protagonist’. Vocalist Adam Rigozzi says this person is “A metaphor for confronting the uncomfortable by way of a physical manifestation. We wanted to visually show each of us having to have an honest conversation with the character, and therefore with ourselves. Something that this band and making this music forces each of the five of us to do.”
Bassist, vocalist and brass player extraordinaire Freddie Whatmore adds that LASTELLE brought their expanding following on the ‘Tired Eyes’ journey with them: “We wanted to explore the idea of people leaving us anonymous messages as a way of confessing totally honest feelings. Being truly honest is unbelievably tough. So by enabling our community to anonymously leave us voicemail messages, which we’ve included at the end of this music video and then will disappear forever in a few days’ time, we hope people will feel the weight of those emotions lifted off their shoulders.”
You can see LASTELLE live at Download Festival, RADAR Festival and Life Is Music, this summer, as well as on tour across the UK with Never Easy on a run that kicks off tonight! See below for details.
LASTELLE are adept in confronting the emotionally uncomfortable. Writing about struggles with neurodivergence, loss, and expressing yourself with vulnerable emotion, they are the absolute antithesis of toxic masculinity. Approaching classic post-hardcore sounds with their personal ideas and twists, their music has drawn comparisons with the likes of Holding Absence and Underoath.
LASTELLE are part of a new wave of UK metal & alternative acts that are fast finding their audience both domestically and internationally. Having previously shared the stage with fellow Brits and alternative scene flag bearers such as Holding Absence, Caskets and As Everything Unfolds, both here in the UK and overseas, the band are quickly establishing themselves as ones to follow by both fans and their peers alike. They’ve been making significant waves in the underground on rock blogs the world over, as well as receiving airplay on Kerrang! Radio and BBC Radio 1.
SEE LASTELLE LIVE:
25.04.25 – Glasgow, UK – w/ Never Easy
26.04.25 – Edinburgh, UK – w/ Never Easy
27.04.05 – Manchester, UK – w/ Never Easy
28.04.25 – Leeds, UK – w/ Never Easy
30.04.25 – Birmingham, UK – w/ Never Easy
01.05.25 – Southampton, UK – w/ Never Easy
02.05.25 – London, UK – w/ Never Easy
03.05.25 – Brighton, UK – w/ Never Easy
04.05.25 – Bristol, UK – w/ Never Easy
14.06.25 – Download Festival
05.07.25 – Radar Festival, Manchester
16.08.25. – Life Is Music Fest 4, Brighton
LASTELLE ARE:
Adam Rigozzi (Vocals)
Mike Hayden (Drums/Vocals)
Freddie Whatmore (Bass/Vocals/Brass)
Rich Lester (Guitar)
Jonjo Williams (Guitar)
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