Out of Pensacola, Florida, Heavy Child’s newest single, ‘Day By Day’, from their upcoming third album, is a much-needed anthem to all these on the market who’re studying to “let it go”.
Heavy Child are as synonymous with their hometown of Pensacola, Florida, as Prince was with Minneapolis, or Bruce Springsteen is with Asbury Park. Though the band was solely fashioned in 2009, all 5 members have been lively in that metropolis’s scenes as early because the Nineteen Eighties, their acts crossing paths, and sometimes sharing levels. Talking about this hyperlink, drummer and vocalist Ben Bogan says,
“We’re from Pensacola and are a part of it. We at all times wish to showcase our residence”.
It was just like the members have been fated to return collectively, and since their formation they’ve turn into clear fan favourites in their very own proper, and opened for the likes of Everclear, Soul Asylum, Constructed to Spill, Drivin-N-Cryin, and extra. Their ardour and drive to create has by no means wavered, and their bond by no means light, even when life pulled them throughout completely different phases. Destiny has as soon as extra intervened for his or her third album, ‘5-Line Farewell’. Ben Bogan discovered a paper flower, produced from sheet music, some years in the past whereas he was setting as much as play at a funeral reception for his good buddy Michael Kirby, a neighborhood membership common at common venues like The Handlebar. That very same flower is now on the duvet of their new album, a musical tribute to the numerous family and friends members misplaced throughout its creation. However the album doesn’t simply honour the previous; it additionally represents a future the place their sound and legacy, in addition to their metropolis, may be heard, louder than ever earlier than.
“We thought it will be good to offer a musical farewell to the family and friends we have now misplaced over the previous few years”, stated Bogan. “Individuals who have been essential in our lives”.
Written by vocalist and guitarist Brian Gore, ‘Day By Day’ has clearly been impressed by Tom Petty, an artist that Heavy Child cite as being one among their main influences. Gravelly vocals supported by highly effective instrumentals, the monitor feels as if the band noticed themselves acting on stage because it was written. It’s tailored for an intimate venue, but may additionally maintain its personal in an area. With a gentle rock drum, fuzzy guitars, and harmonies which have been woven so tightly collectively it’s unimaginable to separate them, it’s additionally acquired hovering guitar and bass solos, interspersed with gradual interludes and explosive bursts. These nevertheless aren’t the issues that may follow the listener after it’s completed; the chorus, asking when you’re alright, are you okay – are you alright simply day-to-day – that’s what stays.
The music video, shot by Flick Wiltshire at The Elbow Room, a neighborhood pub and pizza restaurant, is ideal. Patrons comprising a star-studded lineup of real-life Pensacola staples and longtime supporters, line up and fill the venue, to be served by the band themselves. That is interspersed with scenes of the band performing in a warehouse, their title graffiti-tagged on the wall. It’s a clip that’s as transferring because the track itself, inspiring to verify on our mates and family members, to ensure that they’re doing alright, that they’re okay – simply day-to-day.
Watch the music video for ‘Day By Day’ under, and discover out extra about Heavy Child and their music on-line on Instagram, and Fb.
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