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Metz by Norman Wong
Metz have set their next album Atlas Vending for release on October 9th.
Its first single A Boat To Drown In is, according to Alex Edkins, ‘about leaving a bad situation behind’. “About overcoming obstacles that once held you back, rising above, and looking to a better future,” he says. “The title refers to immersing yourself fully into what you love and using it as a sanctuary from negativity and a catalyst for change.”
It comes with visuals directed by Tony Wolski, who took the themes described Edkins as the starting point. “The song has a beautiful, crushing numbness to it that we wanted to mirror in the visual,” Wolski explains. “So we chose to romanticise our main character’s descent into her delusions of love and togetherness.”
“At a time when everyone’s simultaneously coping with some sort of isolation, a story about loneliness – and the mania that comes with it – seems appropriate to tell.”
Atlas Vending tracklist:
Pulse
Blind Youth Industrial Park
The Mirror
No Ceiling
Hail Taxi
Draw Us In
Sugar Pill
Framed by the Comet’s Tail
Parasite
A Boat to Drown In