FATHERSON RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE: “BETTER FRIEND”
Glaswegian three-piece FATHERSON have shared a new single titled “Better Friend”, taken from their upcoming album: ‘Normal Fears’ (out 1 April).
The new track arrives as the band also confirm *new* and rescheduled shows for May / June 2022.
The track is the fifth song to be shared from their first album in over three years, “Normal Fears”, which sees the band return, but not as you know them. The album is a lush lesson in letting go. Gorgeous, groove-led singalongs steeped in electronics find the band in a playful mode, putting break-ups, old ways of working and everyday worries behind them to start afresh, sunny side up.
Boisterous and anthemic, “Better Friend” continues to see the band expanding on their sonic palette merging hook driven guitar and euphoric synth lines with passionate and uplifting vocals. Thematically, the single is an ode to friendship and it’s accompanying video reflects this with behind the scenes studio footage of the band writing and recording, as well as them cooking a meal and enjoying time together.
Speaking on the single, frontman Ross Leighton says, “”Better friend is about losing touch with people when you’re growing up and wishing you were better at staying in touch. Sometimes life gets in the way, but if the last few years has taught me anything it’s that life is better with the people you love. It’s an anthem about friendship and an apology for letting it slip. It was the first song that I wrote for Normal Fears in my old bedroom in Kilmarnock and it really felt like the first normal fear I had going into the record. It became this reference point for melody and groove that the rest of the record built on. I think everybody has felt a bit out of sorts before and gotten themselves into a space where they lose touch with people that are close to them. This song for me is a reminder to just get back in touch and start to rebuild. I love it!”
FATHERSON – UK SHOWS 2022
MAY
May 18th – Newcastle, The Cluny
May 19th – Leeds, The Wardrobe
May 20th – Birmingham, Castle & Falcon
May 21st – Swansea, Sin City
May 24th – Cambridge, Portland Arms
May 25th – St. Albans, The Horn
May 27th – Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
May 28th – Glasgow, Barrowland
May 29th – Manchester, Academy 2
JUNE
June 2nd – Bristol, Exchange
June 3rd – Nottingham, The Bodega
June 10th – London, Islington Assembly Hall
June 11th – Stoke On Trent, The Sugarmill
