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Squid to release debut album in May
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 28 January 2021
Squid have announced that they will release their debut album, titled ‘Bright Green Field’, later this year. They’ve also released a new single from it, called ‘Narrator’, featuring vocals from Martha Skye Murphy.
“‘Narrator’ was inspired by the 2019 film ‘A Long Day’s Journey Into Night'”, say the band. “The song follows a man who is losing the distinction between memory, dream and reality, and [considers] how you can often mould your memories of people to fit a narrative that benefits your ego”.
“Martha Skye Murphy, the track’s guest vocalist, made the point that the unreliable narrator is, more often than not, a male who wishes to portray women as submissive characters in their story”, they add. “After some discussions with Martha she thought it’d be a good idea that she play the part of the woman wanting to break free from the dominating story the male has set”.
Of the album, vocalist Ollie Judge adds: “This album has created an imaginary cityscape. The tracks illustrate the places, events and architecture that exist within it. Previous projects were playful and concerned with characters, whereas this project is darker and more concerned with place – the emotional depth of the music has deepened”.
“Reading Douglas Coupland’s view that we’re living in the ‘extreme present’ as well as Mark Fisher and Merlin Coverley’s writings on ‘hauntology’ and the slow cancellation of the future made me realise we’ve been living in a dystopian and futurist landscape for a long time”, he goes on.
‘Bright Green Field’ is set for release on 7 May through Warp. The band are also set to play rescheduled UK tour dates in September and October. Watch the video for ‘Narrator’ here:
