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SPLIT CHAIN return with new single ‘sylvia (i won’t belong to you)’

SPLIT CHAIN return with new single

‘sylvia (i won’t belong to you)’

Their first new music since last year’s debut album ‘motionblur’

Photo by Ashlea Bea

Bristol nu-gaze band, Split Chain, have today released new single ‘sylvia (i won’t belong to you)’, their first new music since the release of their debut record motionblur last year.

Speaking of the release, frontman Bert Martinez-Cowles says, “sylvia was written at a very odd time for us. After finishing one of the busiest and best years of our lives, from our first time in the US to dropping our debut album, it was the first time we had a bit of time to ourselves. We were back in the “real world”, taking everything in that we’ve missed and truly realised why we do this in the first place. The world is horrible, hate is everywhere and living just feels like a constant struggle, with the people in control who act like it’s a game. It was a ‘Truman Show’ feeling that we couldn’t shake, which is where the song was created from, with the name being based on the character Sylvia. Its a song about how it feels that we’re living in this made up, messed up world and the wanting to not be a part of it and escape to a better place, a different time.”

SPLIT CHAIN ‘sylvia (i won’t belong to you)’ (Official Music Video)

Ever since Split Chain dropped their sprawling post-hardcore debut, the band has been touring around the world alongside peers like Landmvrks, Underoath, Counterparts, Thrown, and more. With over 165 million global streams and press acclaim for motionblur across leading media outlets, Split Chain is gearing up for another big year.

There’s a phrase you’ll hear repeatedly when in the company of Split Chain: “The Chain does what it wants”. As mantras go, it’s used by the Bristol, UK quintet as a means of encapsulating the broad-minded, unconstrained creative freedom with which they approach their art, as well as a means through which to try to make sense of the sky-rocketing trajectory the band have found themselves on. Call it instinct, fate, divine intervention, whatever, the whims of ‘The Chain’ have led to a moment where one thing is abundantly clear: Split Chain are one of the hottest, zeitgeist-capturing new bands in the world.