Jamie Lenman releases new music video for ‘The Future Is Dead’

Jamie Lenman has released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track The Future Is Dead, is the brand new single from the British musician and features a guest appearance from Illaman of PENGSHUI.

Built around a huge, crushing riff, The Future Is Dead is an anthem for the moment (even more so right now during this pandemic, then when it was written and recorded in the wake of the environmental crisis), with a normally a-political Lenman lamenting on the current political climate and landscape. Working with close friend and producer Space [IDLES, BLACK FUTURES] again, the single is the first release since 2019’s Shuffle album and the first original material since the Long Gone single featuring Justine Jones from EMPLOYED TO SERVE back in 2018.

Speaking about the new single, Jamie Lenman tells us, “I wanted to get something out fairly quickly after the covers record to remind people I still write my own songs…I had a riff that had been knocking about for a while but no lyrics, and then everything just came out in one go – I normally try to keep big politics out of my music but we’re living in a time where that’s become impossible. The Future Is Dead is about how it feels to be a citizen of the 21st century, to be totally powerless against the whims of an older generation. It doesn’t offer any solutions, it’s a cry of despair, and sometimes it’s good to get that out of your system – a kind of primal scream I guess. (Producer) Space and I felt like the track needed another flavour to separate it from my usual thing and he recommended Illaman’s band PENGSHUI. It turned out we had some mutual buddies so we got in touch and went in for a session. I’m really excited to have such a talent on my track and get some of that genre fusion in there – his lyrics offer a slightly more positive outlook which perhaps the song needed, to stop it being all doom and gloom. That’s why it’s great to get other artists involved!”

Watch the official music video for The Future Is Dead here: 

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