Words: Sam Geary
Before they head back to the UK next month (following their Great Escape appearances back in May) for a run of dates, Brooklyn, New York-based three-piece The Wants - who include two members of Bodega, Madison Velding-VanDam and Heather Elle (with Jason Gates) - drop new single, ‘Fear My Society’.
The art-pop track, out now via Council Records, follows their earlier debut 'Ape Trap', and ‘Clearly A Crisis’.
“‘Fear My Society’ is a song that has gone through multiple genre shifts and moods until it finally clicked this past year," reveals frontman Velding-VanDam. "In one sense, the lyrics couldn’t be more straightforward - a reflection of the always-shifting (though recently seismically so) political, economic, and technological atmosphere of the United States. But I didn’t write the song in reaction to this. I was reflecting on the pressures I put on myself to achieve - 'will you love me if I’m a failure?' is an honest concern of mine, a universal and primal concern that spans generations and even species. I’m interested in always pushing a step further towards what scares me.”
Live UK dates
SEPTEMBER
16 The Waiting Room, London (Free entry)
18 The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
19 YES, Manchester
20 The Lanes, Bristol
21 Acapulco Bar, Portsmouth
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