Chosen by Monk
I first came across this Belfast alt/post-grunge combo ten months ago – and lo, just #LikeThat, seemingly just a heartbeat and a hiccough after the subsequent release of their reflective debut EP, here we have brand new material from a band who are making themselves increasingly hard to ignore on the Northern Ireland scene.
The band tells us that the song deals with “battling your own internal monologue, gaslighting yourself into believing the more convenient answer rather addressing the issue”:
This is a song about feeling like you’ve totally lost it – but for the millionth time. Yet, when it comes time to batten down the hatches of your mind, you’ve done this shit before, you know how it goes, and you’re ready for the perfect storm – it’s just like that.
‘Like That’ mirrors the chaos of a turbulent mind. Like a storm, it builds with intense energy, crashing between moments of calm and fury. The aggressive reflect the emotional conflict within, making it an anthemic ride through inner turmoil. The tempest persists.
The video was directed by longtime Gush collaborator Ebony Alexander, and was shot at an abandoned, supposedly haunted house in the county Antrim seaside village of Carnfunnock.
The storyline is based around the narrative of a lonely astral soul that lurks around an old, abandoned house, waiting for someone to come along to befriend. As the band approach and discover the girl, they flee in terror. She follows, only curious and intending to befriend them.
- Gush play Bello Bar in Dublin on Thursday (27 February) and then support Virgins at a single release gig at Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on 10 April.