Words: Sam Geary
Scotland’s The LaFontaines shed new single, ‘Body’, the latest cut from their upcoming album 'Junior', out this Friday (June 14) via So Recordings.
Opening to a swaggering bassline, the track builds through verses driven by the expressive rap flow of frontman Kerr Okan into an anthemic combination of infectious vocals and explosive instrumentation, punctuated by huge, arena-sized choruses. To coincide with the release, the band have shared a stunning one-take video, filmed at Park Lane Studios.
“'Body' was the last song we wrote for the record,” says Okan. “It came as a result of listening to the album as a whole and thinking it needed one final song to complete the story of ‘Junior’. Daz is constantly producing music; he sent me the beat for ‘Body’ and I wrote to it that night in a wee office space somewhere south of Bellshill.
“From a lyrical point of view it’s one of the most personal songs I have ever written. The process of writing it forced me to dig deeper in terms of truth; it demanded I pull something from actual experience as opposed to imagination.“
Listen now.
Live dates
JUNE
13 St Lukes Church, Glasgow *SOLD OUT*
14 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
15 Fat Sams, Dundee
16 Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
17 Caves, Edinburgh
18 O2 Institute, Birmingham
19 Camden Assembly, London *SOLD OUT*
20 Night & Day, Manchester
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