South London outfit Ain’t share expansive new single ‘Long Short Round’. The single comes on the heels of their debut sold out London headline show, a packed-out UK tour with THUS LOVE, a DORK showcase alongside Lime Garden, two hotly tipped showcases at The Alt Escape and Dot To Dot, and their recent singles ‘Pirouette’ and ‘Jude’ which arrived earlier this year.
Recorded with Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Yard Act, Sorry), ‘Long Short Round’ is the band’s most dynamic and richly textured track to date. Spanning just over six minutes the song takes all those much-loved elements from their previous four singles, their affinity for stranger side of 90s guitar music, post-punk, and shoegaze, and laces them with fuzz rich guitar lines and hook led harmonised vocals. The distorted and melodic first section gives way to a more ruminative movement which nods as much to the sound of the New York music scene that courses through the band’s earlier singles as it does the emotive Midwest indie-rock sound of early-mid 00s.
Speaking on the single, the band says:
“‘Long Short Round’ is about doing little rituals that feel as if they’re doing something good, but they’re utterly pointless when it comes to getting what you’re hoping for. Pressing a bruise for instance – it’s a wonderful sensation, but it doesn’t make you heal any faster.”
‘Long Short Round’ is another of the band’s early live favourites and fans will have a chance to see the band play everything they’ve released to date alongside new material at Sŵn Festival in Cardiff this week and at Mutations Festival in Brighton in November.
Ain’t Live Dates
October
17 – Cardiff, Swn Festival
23-25 – Rotterdam, Left of the Dial
November
8 – Brighton, Mutations Festival
13 – London, The Victoria (The Great Escape First Fifty)
December
4 – London, The Dome w/Sunflower Bean
11 – Bristol, Strange Brew w/Sunflower Bean
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