Today Belfast’s Enola Gay announce their third EP Mournes. It follows on from their debut TV performance on Jehnny Beth’s Echoes on ARTE and their American tour, where they shared the stage with Death Grips and Queens of the Stone Age. To celebrate the news they also release new Daniel Avery inspired track ‘Cortana’. It’s a shift away from the screaming vocals and feral soundscapes. The edge still exists and the pace is still ferocious but with inward looking lyrics this sees Enola Gay evolving, proving their versatility.
“Kill a part of yourself just to better your health
Put your life on the shelf to play the cards you’re dealt”
Helming the production is former Enola Gay collaborator, Neil Kerr aka Mount Palomar, who continues to compliment the band’s sounds, pushing them sonically to new heights. Mount Palomar collaborated with the band on previous single ‘Terra Firma’, which prompted Steve Lamacq to admit it wasn’t what he was expecting, before declaring “I always knew they possessed a wide range of influences but I think we still underestimated how wide that really is.”
On the new single Enola Gay share:
“‘Cortana’ is about the death of innocence, the reckless abandon of youth, coming of age and facing the reality of grief. The lyrics travel through different stages of life; childhood nostalgia, the tumultuous exploration of adolescence, then becoming an adult, losing those closest to you and growing through experience and consequence.”
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