Strange Company Unveil Dark, Brooding New Single “Do You Feel Numb?”

New Single & Music Video Out Now

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South Wales alt-rock quintet Strange Company have returned, armed with their dark, brooding new single “Do You Feel Numb?“.

Out now on digital platforms everywhere, Do You Feel Numb? is a tale of the challenges of the mind, how it is not always easy to be the person you want to be, and that sometimes trying to avoid pain also comes with a heavy cost. Sonically, the main riff that repeats throughout is huge and all encompassing, and the vocal variety on show from frontman Matt Davies will appeal to a huge range of listeners. Do You Feel Numb? has been mixed and recorded by Timothy Vincent at Woodcroft Audio.

To fully immerse yourself in Strange Company’s latest offering, we invite you to check out the music video for Do You Feel Numb? below:

Step into Strange Company’s world with Do You Feel Numb?

Do You Feel Numb? is also available to stream on your platform of choice on this link.

To go more in-depth about Do You Feel Numb?, we will hand over to Matt to tell us more:

“Do You Feel Numb? is built around a line I still find hard to say out loud: “I’m scared I’m turning into everything I’ve been running from.” Spend long enough avoiding your fears and you end up giving them all your focus anyway. The person I want to become is scary too, because of everything I’d have to overcome to get there.

The song is also about chasing numbness like it’s the finish line, only to get there and find nothing waiting for you. The pain stops, but so does everything else, and what’s left just feels hollow.

DYFN? almost didn’t survive. It started as an ’80s pop-rock demo and got shelved, only getting a second chance when we all sat down together to make the decision to delete it forever but saw something special there. As we tore it apart and rebuilt it, our guitarist, Owen said something that stuck with me: the song doesn’t belong to us, we’re working in service of it. From there we dropped everything we thought we knew about the song and put weeks of work into writing it the way it deserved to be written. That’s what it took to turn it into the punchy, bleakly honest emo rager it is today.“

About Strange Company

Strange Company are a five-piece alt-rock band hailing from South Wales, known for blending high-energy emo-punk with emotionally charged, modern rock. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Boston Manor and Bring Me The Horizon, the band fuse nostalgic hooks with contemporary grit — creating a sound that feels both familiar and fiercely fresh.

Formed in the shadow of lockdown and shaped by the raw emotion of that era, Strange Company channel themes of disconnection, defiance, and hope into their music. Their most recent release, 2025’s A Beginner’s Guide to Fading Out EP, showcases a more refined yet urgent evolution of their sound — packed with soaring melodies, crashing choruses, and lyrics that cut deep.

With a relentless live energy, the band have earned a reputation for commanding stages across the UK. As 2025 drew to a close, Strange Company took to their biggest stages so far, opening for Skindred at Swansea’s iconic Patti Pavilion, followed by a national run of shows alongside Say It Anyway.

After racking up more live shows in 2026, months of hard work have brought Strange Company to their current point, armed with new music with Do You Feel Numb? the first sign of what is to come. Fans new and old alike will find themselves greeted by a band ready to make their boldest statement yet!

Strange Company are:

Matt Davies – Vocals
Owen Weston – Guitar
Alef Matthews – Guitar
Josef Lovett – Bass
Charlie Porter – Drums

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