Fightmilk release new song ‘That Thing You Did’

FIGHTMILK have released a brand new song!

The new music video, for the track That Thing You Did, is taken from the London-based indie rock band’s upcoming new album, No Souvenirs, which is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Fika Recordings/INH Records.

Speaking about the new song, vocalist Lily Rae shares, “That Thing You Did started with the title. Alex [Wisgard, guitars] wanted us to cover That Thing You Do for a show, and I liked how putting it in the past tense made it sound so much more ominous and vengeful. So I wrote the song from the viewpoint of somebody who’s just trying to move on from a bad relationship, but the ‘souvenirs’ in this case just won’t leave. As we were writing it, the meaning started oozing out without me realising. It’s about refusing to forgive somebody. Just because somebody says sorry, it doesn’t mean you have to accept it.”

Talking about the song’s creation, guitarist Alex Wisgard adds, “we kept banging our heads against That Thing You Did for about eighteen months, because we were trying to be too clever about it – we’ve lost a lot of good songs that way, but we all had faith in this one. The version you hear was maybe the fifth or sixth time we’d played it, recorded about half an hour after we nailed the arrangement. Lily came back with a whole new chorus the next day, and that was that – the only time we’ve ever finished a song in the studio. And I still want to cover That Thing You Do.”

Listen to That Thing You Did here: 

No Souvenirs is set for release on November 15th via Fika Recordings/INH Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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