Rising Cork trio, Rowan, share their sophomore EP Everybody Talks, today via their new label home, LA’s Beverly Martel. This week they also shared their grittiest and the deepest single for last, "One Of These Days." The new release comes with an equally moving black and white music video. Pounding drums hold the foundation as the bright treble of the band's guitars build the song higher and higher, only to come down into a honey-soaked bridge, where frontman Dylan Howe's vocals mix with sweeter guitar melodies. Right after, a guitar solo takes the wheel, and the song thumps on.
On the track, Howe says, "One Of These Days is a song about the desire for vengeance after a relationship breaks down. 'One of these days I'll get her back' is sung from the perspective of revenge rather than longing. It's ambiguity is tied in with the contrast of 'Smile' and 'Cry' in the chorus. The bittersweet emotions of anger and love are contrasted with imagery such as death and infancy and Robert Emmet's love for Ireland, in which he faced the gallows for."
On the video, he adds, "The video for "One Of These Days" is a snapshot of a grittier Ireland. Touching on addiction, substance abuse and dealing with one's inner turmoil. One person's normality is another person's insanity. The video is a comment on how we perceive the outsiders of society, and how isolated they can be because of the collective view on them."
The new single follows the previous release, "Nothing’s Gonna Change," an addictive, shimmering indie anthem, laced with soaring melodies and call-and-response guitars. Accompanied by a new music video that shows the band playing live, there's an intimacy and quirkiness to being invited into their practice space for a private show. The first single and title track, "Everybody Talks," is also out now with a music video.
On the track, Howe says, "One Of These Days is a song about the desire for vengeance after a relationship breaks down. 'One of these days I'll get her back' is sung from the perspective of revenge rather than longing. It's ambiguity is tied in with the contrast of 'Smile' and 'Cry' in the chorus. The bittersweet emotions of anger and love are contrasted with imagery such as death and infancy and Robert Emmet's love for Ireland, in which he faced the gallows for."
On the video, he adds, "The video for "One Of These Days" is a snapshot of a grittier Ireland. Touching on addiction, substance abuse and dealing with one's inner turmoil. One person's normality is another person's insanity. The video is a comment on how we perceive the outsiders of society, and how isolated they can be because of the collective view on them."
The new single follows the previous release, "Nothing’s Gonna Change," an addictive, shimmering indie anthem, laced with soaring melodies and call-and-response guitars. Accompanied by a new music video that shows the band playing live, there's an intimacy and quirkiness to being invited into their practice space for a private show. The first single and title track, "Everybody Talks," is also out now with a music video.
