South London trio Beaty Heart are streaming their new single ‘Soft Like Clay’.
The track is the follow up to recent single ‘Flora’, and comes ahead of a new album ’Till The Tomb’, set for release on 29th July.
“We wrote Soft Like Clay in an asbestos haze on a building site in Peckham,” the band explain. “We were too broke to afford a rehearsal space, so we ended up in a friend’s basement, surrounded by earthy colours, dust, trash and bricks, which inspired a fractious sounding song about transformation.”
“The lyrics were a reaction to the constant anxiety and tension which many artists experience as they attempt to forge a path that conflicts with the expectations and demands of society, or reality. If you read the lyrics based on that information, you might perceive a slightly defeatist atmosphere, suggesting a readiness to submit to these demands. But an alternate interpretation portrays a person willing to change and adapt positively to the influence and love of another.”
“During the writing and recording process, this song was constantly being changed and re-moulded, and initially we struggled to find a structure and tonal direction that we were happy with. The anxiety portrayed in the lyrics is a pretty accurate reflection of the song’s creation.”
You can check out ‘Soft Like Clay’, and Beaty Heart’s upcoming live dates, below.
April
8 Reading, Oakford Social
9 Cardiff, dimswn Festival
10 Oxford, Bullingdom
13 Guildford, Boileroom
13 London, Electrowerkz
30 Leeds, Live At Leeds
May
1 Salford, Sounds From The Other City
19 London, XOYO
20 Brighton, The Great Escape
June
6 Paris, Le Pop Up du label
17 Hilvarenbeek, Best Kept Secret Festival
July
15 Groene Ster, Welcome To The Village Festival
29 Kent, Leefest
September
10 Isle Of Wight, Bestival
The track is the follow up to recent single ‘Flora’, and comes ahead of a new album ’Till The Tomb’, set for release on 29th July.
“We wrote Soft Like Clay in an asbestos haze on a building site in Peckham,” the band explain. “We were too broke to afford a rehearsal space, so we ended up in a friend’s basement, surrounded by earthy colours, dust, trash and bricks, which inspired a fractious sounding song about transformation.”
“The lyrics were a reaction to the constant anxiety and tension which many artists experience as they attempt to forge a path that conflicts with the expectations and demands of society, or reality. If you read the lyrics based on that information, you might perceive a slightly defeatist atmosphere, suggesting a readiness to submit to these demands. But an alternate interpretation portrays a person willing to change and adapt positively to the influence and love of another.”
“During the writing and recording process, this song was constantly being changed and re-moulded, and initially we struggled to find a structure and tonal direction that we were happy with. The anxiety portrayed in the lyrics is a pretty accurate reflection of the song’s creation.”
You can check out ‘Soft Like Clay’, and Beaty Heart’s upcoming live dates, below.
April
8 Reading, Oakford Social
9 Cardiff, dimswn Festival
10 Oxford, Bullingdom
13 Guildford, Boileroom
13 London, Electrowerkz
30 Leeds, Live At Leeds
May
1 Salford, Sounds From The Other City
19 London, XOYO
20 Brighton, The Great Escape
June
6 Paris, Le Pop Up du label
17 Hilvarenbeek, Best Kept Secret Festival
July
15 Groene Ster, Welcome To The Village Festival
29 Kent, Leefest
September
10 Isle Of Wight, Bestival
