Words: Sam Geary
Following the blistering ‘No Fun’, Declan Welsh & The Decadent West return with new single, ‘How Does Your Love’.
Full of funky swagger and sultry lead vocals, the track - which comes from forthcoming debut album, 'Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold’, out on October 18 via Modern Sky UK - explodes into a life with a surging guitar-driven chorus that finds the Glaswegian stretching out his falsetto. Lyrically sharp and evocative as ever, it’s an ode to dancefloor kisses and living in the moment.
"I actually think this is a love letter to the power of provincial nightclubs," explains Declan. "See, they get a lot of stick and yes I am not a huge fan of Downtown in East Kilbride. But see for 90% of folk, the f**king Berghain is a nightmare. Or like any f**king grocers come techno cocktail bar in Dalston. It's pretentious and cool and it's full of people who go to places to be seen going to places. See Downtown in East Kilbride for all its flaws, people go their to get blitzed and forget about their week. Their week has been sh*te, they know the place they’re in is sh**e but it’s not work so they embrace it.
"It's also about how kissing someone on a dancefloor is a transcendent experience. Its lame as f**k and everyone around you hates you, but see when you meet someone you fancy on a night out and you both winch to music, no-one else in the world exists, yer hearts going a million miles an hour, it's a rare moment of genuine tunnel visioned bliss. This song celebrates that."
Live dates
OCTOBER
31 Newcastle, Think Tank
NOVEMBER
03 Brighton, Hope & Ruin
04 Bristol, Louisiana
05 London, Notting Hill Arts Club
06 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
08 Blackpool, Bootleg Social
09 Liverpool, Phase One
10 Leeds, Lending Room
11 Manchester, Jimmys
13 Leicester, Cookie
14 Halifax, Lantern
15 Glasgow, St Lukes
17 Inverness, Mad Hatters
18 Aberdeen, Tunnels
19 Dundee, Beat Generator
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