Take heed to Declan McKenna’s sun-kissed new single ‘Elevator Hum’
Declan McKenna has shared a brand new single referred to as ‘Elevator Hum’ – you possibly can hearken to it under.
The monitor is the most recent preview of the singer-songwriter’s third studio album ‘What Occurred To The Seaside?’, which is due for launch on February 9 through his personal label Tomplicated Data (pre-order/pre-save here).
Produced by Gianluca Buccellati (Lana Del Rey, Arlo Parks), the laidback and groovy tune sees McKenna channel the sunshine of Los Angeles, California the place his new LP was recorded.
“‘Elevator Hum’ was a tune that got here within the latter phases of my first journey to LA engaged on the album with Luca,” the artist defined in a press release. “He threw the chords down and the riff fell into my fingers.”
McKenna continued: “It’s a tune that felt prefer it captured some nostalgic essence of friendship as we constructed a relationship by creating music collectively. The liberty and playfulness of the lyrics, and the mild however enjoyable glide of the monitor, take me again to being a child in a approach.”
Take a look at the official music video right here:
‘Elevator Hum’ follows on from the earlier singles ‘Nothing Works’ and ‘Sympathy’. Moreover, McKenna has shared the complete tracklist for the forthcoming ‘What Occurred To The Seaside?’ – test it out under.
‘Wobble’
‘Elevator Hum’
‘I Write The Information’
‘Sympathy’
‘Mulholland’s Dinner And Wine’
‘Breath Of Mild’
‘Nothing Works’
‘The Phantom Buzz (Kick In)’
‘Trustworthy Check’
‘Mezzanine’
‘It’s An Act’
‘4 Extra Years’
Talking beforehand concerning the album, which follows 2020’s ‘Zeros’, McKenna defined: “Up to now few years there was a little bit of weight behind making music. I needed to open up and never fear about issues a lot.
“I used to be placing a number of strain on myself up to now after I simply wanted to drop the depth a bit and have some enjoyable.”
He went on: “I’ll at all times converse my thoughts with music, however we reside in a time the place the conversations I needed to contribute to beforehand are way more out within the open now.”
Talking to NME in July, McKenna described his third studio effort as “hella bizarre” with “a number of strangeness to it, however that hasn’t come by me making an attempt to be something aside from myself”.
In the meantime, the musician is ready to embark on a UK and Eire headline tour in March forward of additional dates throughout Europe. You can find any remaining tickets (UK/Ireland) here.
Declan McKenna can even make appearances at TRNSMT Competition and Dwell At Leeds: In The Park subsequent yr.