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Asylums’ track-by-track guide to new album Signs Of Life
From becoming a father to recording in his pyjamas, Asylums’ Luke Branch unpacks the writing and recording process for fourth album Signs Of Life.
“It seemed fitting for a song which is ultimately about alienation.”
Asylums have dropped a new video for their latest single Millennials, directed by Kana Waiwaiku.
"Kana and I started this shoot by getting in a cab with a fish tank, a ton of vitamin tablets and a painting of Earth," explains Luke Branch. "The production ended in an all-night casino, huddled around a laptop in Southend, finalising the look of the video using their free wi-fi. It seemed fitting for a song which is ultimately about alienation."
Meanwhile, of the song itself, Luke says: "For the first time in a single we have stripped back the distortion and pulled back the pace, on Millennials we wanted to put the lyrical message up front and centre but that message is open to interpretation."
The track is taken from the band's forthcoming Alien Human Emotions album, which is due out on July 6 via Cool Thing Records. Pre-order it at this link.
Find out more about Asylums in this week's issue of Kerrang!, and watch Millennials below.
Catch Asylums live at the following:
June
24 Isle Of Wight Festival
July
6 Southend Chinnerys
9 Bristol Rough Trade
10 Nottingham Rough Trade
11 London Rough Trade East
14 Cheltenham 2000trees Festival
20 Aldershot The Summer Westival
August
3 Tunbridge Wells Neverworld Festival
September
1 Hertford Wilkestock
7 Kent Wheels And Fins Festival
October
6 Manchester Neighbourhood Festival
November
3 Lincoln 2Q Festival