UK indie-rock act Blaenavon broke up earlier this 12 months, however frontman Ben Gregory has re-entered the fray as a solo act. His debut solo single is the seven-minute epic “deathbed hangover,” a careening but undeniably beautiful monitor produced alongside Blaine Harrison of Thriller Jets and engineer Matt Twaites.
Written within the wake of his receiving remedy in psychiatric hospitals, “‘deathbed hangover’ is in regards to the self-destructive tendency of complete immersion in leisure,” Gregory says.
He provides:
My mind has the consistency of mushy peas as a result of my phone is so seductive. I attempted to play this in opposition to extra conventional fears of aggressive technological growth: communities shifting underground in a Wellsian nightmare. The laptop-screen gentle is our never-setting solar, which I believe is by chance a Mr. Burns reference. I recorded this music throughout lockdown after hard-binging Watchmen (2019) and discovering Reznor/Ross’ soundtrack overwhelmingly lovely. I hope I referenced a few of that in an honest gentle. (Keep in mind I’m only a guitarist randomly mashing laptop keys.) Fascinating reality: The demo of this music was all the time labelled “(unmixable model).” I wish to assume the unique chaos carries via, however Blaine (Producer) and Matt (Engineer, Mixer) managed to make a model that verges on listenable.
Hearken to “deathbed hangover” beneath.
