Therapy? release new music video for ‘Poundland Of Hope And Glory’
THERAPY? have released a new music video!
The new music video, for the track Poundland Of Hope And Glory, is the latest single to be taken from the Northern Irish hard rock band’s upcoming album Hard Cold Fire, which is set for release in May this year via Marshall Records.
Speaking about the new song, vocalist/guitarist Andy Cairns explains, “This track started out as a hard take on how people lose themselves in narratives to the point that the myth takes on greater importance than the fact. Just like the old adage about the liar repeating the lie so much that they eventually believe it themselves, the culture around us is bursting with fairy stories we tell ourselves.
Metaphor and hagiography surround us, but in a post-truth world, the Walter Mitty character is no longer a harmless fantasist but an incendiary zealot using misinformation and chaos to achieve their goals. It’s easy to smirk at middle class parents whose Harry Potter loving kids are sent to private school because of the Hogwarts style uniforms, and easy to eye roll at adults who actually play Quidditch, a fictional sport from a novel written for children, but it’s not so easy to stomach the less savoury reinvention of colonialism as a lost paradise to which we should return.”
Watch the official video for Poundland Of Hope And Glory here:
The band have also announced a run of intimate UK in-store dates coinciding with the album’s release.
Tour dates are as follows:
- 8 May – Rough Trade, Bristol
- 9 May – Rough Trade, Nottingham
- 10 May – Banquet Records, London
- 11 May – Truck, Oxford
Hard Cold Fire is set for release on May 5th via Marshall Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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