Space rock royalty Failure have put up a lyric video for their brand new song “A Way Down“. The influential Californian outfit currently have an April 24th release date in mind for their seventh full-length effort, “Location Lost“. That opus will be arriving through their own Failure Records in partnership with Arduous Records.
If you missed it, “The Air’s On Fire” hit this past February, complete with a music video directed by Sean Stout. As for today’s offering, vocalist/guitarist Ken Andrews described it lyrically as, “another study in miscommunication and the resulting loneliness it often brings — no silver linings here.” He also went on to add that it serves as a homage to some new wave & post-punk favorites of his:
“Musically speaking, ‘A Way Down’ is an homage to two bands who actually got me to pick up the guitar and try to write my own music: The Cure and Siouxsie & The Banshees, specifically their early 80s periods with albums like ‘Juju‘ and ‘Pornography‘. I was captured by the angular guitar approach and the unapologetic dark atmospheres that dripped off those records.”
Pay attention towards the end of the lyric video and you may also note what appears to be a nod to an 80s British synth-pop/new wave classic. Starting next month you can catch the band out on the first leg of their touring cycle promoting this new album. All Under Heaven will be out as direct support along that run:
04/21 Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon (album release show)
04/25 Las Vegas – Sick New World Festival
05/02 Chicago, IL – SPACE ECHO @ Radius
05/03 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
05/05 Nashville, TN – Basement East
05/06 Atlanta, GA Masquerade – Hell
05/08 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville Festival
05/09 Asheville, NC – Eulogy
05/10 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
05/12 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
05/13 Cambridge, MA – Sinclair
05/14 Hamden, CT – Space
05/15 Washington, DC – Union Stage
05/16 Harrisburg, PA – Arrow at Archer Music Hall
05/17 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
05/19 Detroit, MI – Shelter
05/20 Toronto, ON – Opera House
