With simply weeks to go till the launch of their second studio album, The Ok’s reveal their newest observe ‘The Bends (Right here We Go Once more)’.
Serving because the comply with as much as earlier single releases ‘Breakdown In My Bed room’, ‘Headstone’ and ‘Helen Oh I’ – the latter an emotionally charged energy ballad addressing the struggles confronted by band frontman Jame Boyle as he tries to search out each steadiness, and a way of interior peace while navigating life within the quick lane – ‘The Bends (Right here We Go Once more)’ sees the group return to their signature guitar pushed indie sound, coming appropriate with killer hooks, irrepressible guitar riffs and hovering melodies.
Commenting on the introspective observe, Boyle says: “All through my adolescence, I spent a number of time in hospital, most of it with none clear solutions as to why my well being was getting worse. I went by numerous assessments, scans, and surgical procedures in an effort to uncover the root of the downside. The ache was typically so intense that I needed to be given highly effective medicine like morphine, which left me feeling utterly out of it — dizzy, indifferent, and sometimes unable to even sit up. ‘The Bends’ is about that disorienting, overwhelming feeling, and the way being round a sure particular person can evoke that very same feeling.”
Accompanying the only is a surreal music video directed by Geoff Owens. The clip attracts inspiration from traditional movies reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, showcasing the band’s eccentricities with a contact of theatrical insurrection.
Of the clip Owens says: “The band are recognized for their electrical dwell exhibits and highly effective on-stage chemistry, however this time we needed to peel that again and reveal a special aspect to them: their personalities, their humour, and a barely surreal edge that matched the tone of the observe.”
“Visually, I drew inspiration from the daring stylisation of movies like A Clockwork Orange and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—cinema that isn’t afraid to push into the unusual, the theatrical, or the provocative. We needed the video to really feel like a visible journey leaning into themes of insurrection, absurdity, and managed insanity, however all the time with a wink to the viewers.”
Watch the official music video for ‘The Bends (Right here We Go Once more)’ beneath:
Produced by Grammy Award winner Jim Lowe (Stereophonics, The Dandy Warhols) and blended by Pete Hutchings (Royal Blood, Foals, Nothing However Thieves), The Ok’s new album ‘Fairly On The Web’ is about to be launched Friday, June twenty seventh 2025, and is offered to pre-order right here.
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