Maggie Cassidy announce debut EP ‘Life is Beautiful’

June 3, 2020 James Weaver

MAGGIE CASSIDY have announced their debut EP!

Titled Life Is Beautiful, the upcoming EP from the emerging UK pop punk band is their debut effort and is scheduled to be released in July this year.

The five track EP was recorded with Seb Barlow, who was made an official member of NECK DEEP during the recording process. The rocked-up, dirty-pop songs that comprise Life Is Beautiful were laid down in an old air raid bunker in Wrexham.

Speaking about the debut EP, guitarist Jan-Erik Barnegren says, “the world is a crazy, dark, demoralising place at times — just look at what’s happening now with the COVID-19 outbreak — but out of that comes incredible, inspiring things. So I guess it’s about finding the silver linings and seeing the world for what it is. No one’s life is perfect and life is a lot of things but it’s also beautiful, so try and embrace that and make the most of it.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut EP, the band have released a new music video for the first song to be lifted from the upcoming EP; titled S.A.D.. The track’s accompanying music video was filmed in lockdown due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking about the new song, vocalist Jamie Coupe says, “this song is about S.A.D (Seasonal Affective Disorder) that has in the past exacerbated my depression through those long, winter months. This is just me laying it all out, everything about how it affects me, in the hope that someone might recognise it in themselves, which is always the first step in dealing with an issue like this. S.A.D. is the song we’re most excited to get out there and play live; it’s got that perfect cocktail of being able to dance, sing, and mosh to. It’s got that old school PANIC! influence; this is us airing out our emo side and getting creepy. We’ve never done a song like it before so it’s exciting!”

Watch the official music video for S.A.D. here: