Words: Ellie Ward
The Manchester three-piece W.H. Lung certainly like to let their creative juices flow across their singles. No two and a half minute affairs for these! After the ten-minute long 'Simpatico People', and the 5m32 of 'Second Death Of My Face', they now go the full length again on 'Symmetry'.
Just shy of seven minutes, the psych-rich number - which comes from their debut album, 'Incidental Music', released back in April - canters at a pace, scattering layers of krautrock amidst hypnotic electronic synths and expansive guitars.
The band are donating profits from the sales of 'Symmetry' to Mustard Tree and Booth Centre, two Manchester-based charities dedicated to the issue of homelessness.
“There’s a statue of Alan Turing in a small park just off canal street in Manchester city centre," says singer Joseph E., echoing the lyrics which juxtapose the past glories of the city, with its present homelessness situation:
"A body curled around a lamppost like a cigarette in light rain / Something like a question mark is hanging between thumb and forefinger / Alan Turing, give up the apple / Alan Turing, give up the apple".
"The statue has always struck me as odd," he adds, "the face is quite childishly done and Turing seems to be offering his fruit to passers-by. People often sit with him and take pictures. The park is also regularly attended by the homeless community of Manchester. As visible a presence on the streets now as the statues of the great and famous.”
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Live dates
NOVEMBER
09 Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik
22 Riverside, Newcastle
23 Moles, Bath
24 Patterns, Brighton
25 Rich Mix, London
26 Academy 3, Manchester
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