UK heavy rock/prog band Godsticks share 1st single from new studio album VOiD

UK HEAVY ROCK PROGGERS GODSTICKS SHARE FIRST SINGLE FROM LONG AWAITED NEW STUDIO ALBUM VOiD

M.I.A. OUT TODAY WITH NEW MUSIC VIDEO

Godsticks have shared the first single from their long awaited seventh studio album VOiD today. The new track, titled M.I.A., is the first glimpse into Godsticks’ darkest, heaviest, and most uncompromising album to date. With the single comes a new video produced by Martin Holmes.

WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR M.I.A. PRODUCED BY MARTIN HOLMES

STREAM/DOWNLOAD THE NEW SINGLE M.I.A.

Speaking about the new single, frontman and songwriter Darran Charles said – “Although I’ve no experience in the field of psychology I’ve always been fascinated (and indeed tortured) by that voice in your head that goes under various guises such as ‘inner critic’ or ‘inner monologue’.

Mine is a mouthy bastard that has an opinion on practically everything and never fails to offer it -incessantly. No amount of internal vitriol directed at it seems to quieten its destructively negative offerings. It never sleeps either – I could wake up at 4am to use the bathroom and to my surprise and determent, it reminds me that it’s been up all night searching through the archives to remind me of some embarrassment I felt 25 years ago.

I always like to imagine this voice manifested in physical form, so when it tells me that it thinks I’m a terrible musician, or that I’m conceited, or that I’ve wasted my life away, or lists all the wrong decisions I’ve made over my life, then I could beat the living shit out of it.

MIA is a song about that. And I think this same voice was responsible for writing the guitar and drum parts, because they were tortuous too, and made us all question our ability as musicians at one point or another. We won in the end though, so fuck you, me!

Both lyrically and musically, VOiD reflects a disillusionment with a world increasingly defined by division, ideological rigidity, and the loss of nuance. The album documents a conscious withdrawal from the noise – a retreat into a personal void.

GODSTICKS – VOiD

M.I.A. — 04:08
Hold Back — 04:41
Watch It Burn — 03:05
Master of a Plan — 04:47
Torn Again — 05:31
Can’t Withstand — 05:07
Ruthless Coward — 04:28
Talking Through Walls Pt. 1 — 03:28
Talking Through Walls Pt. 2 — 04:30
Hope Is Burning — 04:55

VoiD WILL BE RELEASED ON PEARL SUNRISE VINYL LP, DIGIPACK CD WITH 12-PAGE PRINTED BOOKLET AND DIGITALLY –

PRE-ORDER VOiD (27th March)

As well as the vinyl and CD versions of VOiD, all pre-orders made through the Official Godsticks Store and the Kscope Store will include Nowhere To Be Seen, a free bonus CD which includes 3 unreleased tracks.

Nowhere To Be Seen bonus CD

Downplay
Nowhere To Be Seen
Hope Is Burning (piano arrangement)

Drummer Tom Price and guitarist Gavin Bushell continue to play a vital role in the writing process, while the introduction of new bassist Francis George brings a subtle but important shift in the overall feel to the rhythm section.

“I cannot overstate the enormously positive impact Tom and Gavin have had on the writing process over the last few albums. Whilst the writing methods have rarely changed for me over the years, what has changed is that their contributions are indispensable and something I genuinely look forward to incorporating. I’ve lost count of the times on this album that they’ve provided or reinterpreted a part that has prevented the song from being binned because it wasn’t working. This is also the first time in 12 years that we’re working with a different bass player too (Francis George), and that itself has offered a fresh perspective on arrangements and influenced the overall feel to the rhythm section. It’s a little different this time around.” – Darran Charles

Having been holed up in the studio for the last 18 months, Godsticks are finally being released into the wild once more, ready for a run of UK shows and armed with new music from the new album. Guitarist and vocalist Darran Charles says it is “the toughest and most demanding record we’ve ever made, featuring music that has pushed us to the very extremes of what we can do as musicians.

These new shows will see a monumental release of tension and energy from this darker and angrier incarnation of Godsticks, so be prepared to be greeted with a ferocious sonic punch-in-the-face; it’s one that you won’t want to miss.”

GODSTICKS UK TOUR DATES

April 17^th – London, Hope and Anchor TICKETS

April 18^th – Nottingham, The Old Sal TICKETS

April 23^rd – Manchester, Gullivers TICKETS

April 24^th – Birmingham, The Victoria TICKETS

April 25^th – Swansea, The Bunkhouse TICKETS

May 1^st – Hidden, Dundee TICKETS

May 2^nd – The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh TICKETS

June 27^th – The Louisiana, Bristol TICKETS

June 28^th – The 1865, Southampton TICKETS

July 4^th – SOS Festival, Oldham TICKETS

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