Photo by Tom Brooker.
Leeds rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up have released their brand-new single ‘Bout To Lose It’ and sign to Mascot Records after overcoming life-threatening illness and discovering a fresh perspective.
This single is five years of pent-up vulnerability and emotion, as frontman Matt Bigland reveals the last six years involved battling ulcerative colitis and being in critical care.
Matt speaks on his time in care, “You think you’re halfway through life, but then you realise you might be right at the end. Being in that room was scary. I felt incredibly vulnerable. I had no control. But hearing people in the final hours of their lives forced me to think about what would happen if I were to die. What was I leaving behind? What really mattered while I was here? What bullshit did I waste my time worrying about? What had true value to me? I’ve always understood that life can be fleeting and fragile – how important it is to take every chance – but I’d never processed it like that…”
Speaking on the single, “‘Bout To Lose It’ is about feeling completely and utterly on the edge of your capacity emotionally. I wanted to write a song that had an intro that would correctly set the scene as the first track back after a 4 or 5 year break from being out ‘in the world’ due to ill health. I wanted it to be intense and visceral. And I wanted it to be heavy metal.”
“It’s not about whether I might get to be rich and famous any more. It’s about being excited for people to get to hear my songs. I want to be free of the bullshit of how people perceive me – or us – and what it means to be a ‘cool band’. I’m proud that we’re still here as a band at all. I’m proud that I’m still here as a person. And I’m just so stoked that I’m still able to make music. That’s what I want to do. That’s why I’m here…”