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