Findlay gives another taste of her upcoming new album with new single, ‘Ride’, the track is the latest in a series of singles anticipating the full length ‘The Last of the 20th Century Girls’, due for release on May 13, i.n partnership with Kartel Music Group, the album will be available on CD, black and coloured vinyl, plus exclusive bundles via Findlay’s official store. LISTEN / WATCH ‘RIDE’ HERE. PRE-ORDER ‘THE LAST OF THE 20TH CENTURY GIRLS’ HERE.
With ‘Ride’ and its effortlessly DIY music video, Findlay channels her most driving, upbeat, all-out indie-rock persona and takes us on a California road trip. “I’d had enough of the UK winter weather – this song deserved to be shot somewhere warm to reflect the meaning and lyrics ‘on we ride into the sun’ – that feeling of not caring, being in the moment and enjoying life again,” she enthuses.
Diving deeper into her writing process and the inspiration behind the music video, Findlay explains; “I wrote this song coming out of the last lockdown, there was one incredibly sunny day that inspired me, everyone was back out in the parks, drinking beer, being together again, there was a feeling of hope and joy, people could be closer than six feet apart and everyone had a lot of stored up love to share. I hadn’t seen my friends in California for years and it was a pretty spontaneous decision to pack a bag, throw in my camcorder and leave for Los Angeles, then we rode around California for a week, exploring the deserts and the beaches and drinking margaritas until we couldn’t walk”.
‘Ride’ follows the release of previous singles including the psychedelic/pop-laced ‘The End Of The World’, breezy alt-indie cut ‘Life Is But A Dream’, self proclaimed ‘creepy banger’ the ‘Strange One’ and the 80s-inspired ‘Night Sweats’, with the latest being championed by BBC 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins who called the track an “absolute jam”. Throughout the rest of the upcoming album’ Findlay explores the weight of her own evolving identity and the depths of her vivid imagination. Self-described as a “late coming of age story”, drenched in nostalgia, melancholy and the kind of strange experiences only a misunderstood millennial could have.
With the help of some of her closest friends, ‘The End Of The World’ and the upcoming album see technological prowess across the board, with production and mixing by French multi-instrumentalist songwriter and producer Jules Apollinaire (Black Honey, Sophie And The Giants, Suki Waterhouse) – who is also Findlay’s bandmate in TTRRUUCES – and MPG awards winning mixing engineer Caesar Edmunds (Foals, PJ Harvey, St Vincent, Beach House), withmastering by five-time Grammy Awards winning engineer Antoine ‘Chab’ Chabert (Daft Punk, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sebastien Tellier).
Findlay’s new single ‘Ride’ is out now – LISTEN / WATCH‘RIDE’ HERE – PRE-ORDER ‘THE LAST OF THE 20TH CENTURY GIRLS’ HERE.
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