Brighton-based Every Hell have released a brand-new single ‘Catching Thunder’.
Vocalist and sax player, Will Gardner, shares on the tracks inception and meaning, “‘Catching Thunder’ was one of the earliest tracks that we wrote together after the Vertebrate EP. We actually tracked it last July at Middle Farm Studios with Pete [Miles] so it’s been in the works for some time, but was worth the wait as this track shows the new direction that Every Hell is taking. Lyrically the song is about staying strong and keeping self-belief in difficult times. The oxymoron of ‘Catching Thunder’ itself is a bit like trying to catch air… you can’t.”
“I think the first idea we had was Andrew’s (Gosden, bass player) bass line and I had the vocal hook written for that already, and then we all jammed out the QOTSA-esque chorus riff together. The ending was a bit more contentious, and a few arguments were had around it, but that full on STOMP, dragon riding 6/8 vibe at the end just felt too good not to use. Even though it makes it a very difficult beast to play live.”
Speaking on the music video, Producer and drummer Mark Roberts shares, “The video was shot super quick, like 30mins. We’ve long talked about making something that ‘breaks the 4th wall’. Sounds pretty pretentious, but the nature of shooting a performance video that everyone knows isn’t a live performance has always felt a bit trite. So rather than trying to keep with the illusion we thought it’d be fun (as well as fitting our budget and time) to just embrace the process from both sides, leaving in equipment, stuff that ‘should’ be out of frame, even camera operators. It also worked well with this songs story, in a way a metaphor of striving for some kind of perfection and never reaching it, the incidental aspects that are “wrong” are still there…”
You can catch Every Hell on tour with Haggard Cat and Arcane Routes this year, last remaining tickets are available now.