SPLIT CHAIN release ‘Headway [DLX]’ (feat. Roman Candle) and ‘SPIT [DLX]’ (feat. False Reality)

Full tracklisting for deluxe reimagined version of debut album, ‘motionblur’, revealed. Collaborators include Commoner,  Slow Degrade, Concealer and more for the September 11th release

UK headline tour this September with support from False Reality and Roman Candle

Photo by Ashlea Bea

Bristol’s nu-gaze shapeshifters, Split Chain, who recently returned with the heavy-hitting ‘scatterbrain’, taken from their forthcoming ‘motionblur’ [DELUXE] album (out Sep 11), have released two new reimagined songs, featuring upcoming touring partners.

‘Headway’ [DLX] features Las Vegas hardcore outfit Roman Candle, while ‘SPIT’ [DLX] features London hardcore quartet False Reality.

Speaking of the collaborations, the band share, “asking both Piper and Rachel to feature on these songs was an absolute no brainer for us. We’re all such big fans of what they do in their own bands and we were so excited to see how they would interpret these songs. Not only that, but being able to have features from bands in both the US and UK scene is so sick.

They both have such distinctive, dynamic and incredible voices and hearing how their own natural flair sits so well in these songs is legitimately insane. They’ve genuinely done the songs incredible amounts of justice, and their unique takes on each have really elevated the songs to a point where they now sit comfortably as their definitive versions. We couldn’t be happier with how the songs have turned out and we’re so excited to be able to tour with them in September.”

SPLIT CHAIN ‘Headway’ [DLX] feat. ROMAN CANDLE & ‘SPIT’ [DLX] feat. FALSE REALITY

‘motionblur’ [DELUXE] is a digital deluxe edition of their acclaimed debut ‘motionblur’, released September 11th on Epitaph Records. Each track has been reimagined by the band and features rising bands in today’s alternative scene, bringing in London hardcore group False Reality on ‘SPIT,’ Las Vegas’ Roman Candle on ‘Headway,’ and many more. Expanding on the deluxe edition, the band shares, “we are so, so proud of what we created with ‘motionblur,’ and we wanted to come up with a way to celebrate it all over again, in a way that both shows love to the scene that has helped us get where we are now, as well as including many of the friends that we’ve made along the way.” The ‘motionblur [DELUXE]’ will also include recent singles “sylvia (i won’t belong to you)”, “scatterbrain”, as well as “untitled”, a track that was previously hidden and unlisted on the LP & CD versions of the album.”

We get that everyone interprets music in their own way, and so we invited a bunch of mates to feature across the album, so that we could hear their individual interpretations of the songs. It came out so much better than we could have even hoped, and we truly believe the work and energy that every person has done on every song is incredible. The cast of names on this version on this album is sick, and we know people are gonna love it just as much as we do. We’re so incredibly grateful to every single artist that has helped the deluxe become a reality and we genuinely can’t wait to hear what everybody thinks.”

‘motionblur [DELUXE]’ tracklist

1) Under The Wire

2) bored. tired. torn.

3) I’m Not Dying To Be Here

4) Rookie

5) who am i?

6) SPIT

7) greyintheblue

8) The Space In Between

9) Subside

10) Headway

11) my mistake…

12) untitled [DLX]

13) sylvia (i won’t belong to you)

14) scatterbrain

15) Under The Wire [DLX] (featuring Day Aches)

16) bored. tired. torn. [DLX] (featuring Concealer)

17) I’m Not Dying To Be Here [DLX] (featuring Slow Degrade)

18) Rookie [DLX] (featuring whither)

19) who am i? [DLX] (featuring Commoner)

20) SPIT [DLX] (featuring False Reality)

21) greyintheblue [DLX] (featuring Ritual)

22) The Space In Between [DLX] (featuring postdrome)

23) Subside [DLX] (featuring Nodding Off)

24) Headway [DLX] (featuring Roman Candle)

25) my mistake… [DLX] (Zetra version)

26) untitled [DLX] (featuring Grove Street)