The Xcerts have announced their next single to be taken from their forthcoming ‘There Is Only You’ LP. ‘Pop Song’ will be available via Raygun Records on the 1st December 2014, following the release of the Aberdeen based trio’s third full-length on the 3rd November.
The video for ‘Pop Song’ has been directed by the legendary photographer Steve Guillick, who has previously worked with the likes of Nirvana in his illustrious twenty year career.
“‘Pop Song’ is another track much like ‘Shaking In The Water’ that changed over the course of time the more we played it,” frontman Murray Macleod explains. “Originally the song sounded like something from the first Cold War Kids record and we actually made the decision to make the drum beat in the verses more pounding whilst on tour with Biffy Clyro. I distinctly remember being backstage in Paris with Tom and we agreed we should make the drums more ‘stadium’ esq. Clearly playing with Biffy in big rooms each night had an affect on us.”
“Lyrically the song is about falling in love with someone and being so wholeheartedly terrified about the situation that you practically go into self-sabotage mode. If like me you are an ‘over thinker’, especially when it comes to something like falling in love, you almost convince yourself the relationship is doomed before it has even begun and you end up looking at a near perfect situation very negatively, which is just batsh*t crazy. A personal fear that i’m sure many folks can relate to.”
The Xcerts will be touring in November, in support of ‘There Is Only You’.
LONDON
04 BIRMINGHAM Sunflower Lounge
05 MANCHESTER Gullivers
06 LEEDS Brudnell Games Room
07 GLASGOW Oran Mor
08 DUNDEE Beat Generator Live
10 NEWCASTLE Think Tank
11 SHEFFIELD Corporation
12 NORWICH Waterfront Studio
13 NOTTINGHAM Bodega
14 LONDON Tufnell Park Dome
15 ALDERSHOT West End Centre