Spector have unveiled their latest single,
'The Notion'.
The track marks the band's first new music in eighteen months, features a guitar solo by Dev Hynes, was produced by Dimitri Tikovoi and mixed by Catherine Marks. 'The Notion' follows the band's 2022 album, '
Now Or Whenever'.
Discussing the song, vocalist Fred Macpherson shares, "We started 'The Notion' on a spare day we had in Liverpool during the Now or Whenever sessions. It’s been on a real journey since, with Jed coming up with these early Four Tet style guitar loops, which have a really hypnotic feel I love. Then Dev Hynes came to the studio to hear some stuff and ended up free-styling the solo in one take. I was worried he’d blown a speaker at one point. Lyrically it’s kind of a letter to one’s younger self - a reminder that repressing feelings and emotions is a dangerous precedent, and however bad (or good) things get, nothing is forever. It interpolates various parties, arguments, depressions and a Star Wars quote for good measure.”
Jed Cullen adds, “I was slightly disappointed when a writing session we had for another artist’s project got cancelled on our day off. We were in this big studio without a producer so just plugged my little laptop into the huge mixing desk. It was a bit lonely up there in this cavernous loft space, which reminded Fred of a party we'd been at years ago, so he started singing about that then came out with this amazing chorus which I think a lot of us can relate to. By the end of the day I was really thankful that the other session had been cancelled.”
You can listen to 'The Notion' below.
