Glad Hand offer the whispered brilliance of "Shape Your Fever Close"
"The song was written as a direct response to a romantic situation... kind of a lament, a go at writing a more traditional love-song-pop-song," says Glad Hand's Declan about the sublime "Shape Your Fever Close".
Released on Handsome Dad records (The Big Moon, Spring King), it's a bold and affecting song from the Leeds four-piece who peddle a sound that recalls some of the sonic brilliance Wild Beasts and Adult Jazz have tapped into but very much in their own special way.
"I'm mostly writing about the same ideas I am throughout the rest of the imminent record," Declan adds, "[such as] bulimia, dysmorphic episodes, deception, happiness and the body – and more specifically my body(s).
"In the chorus I'm singing about both an unreciprocated love and also a never-ending illness, and throughout the song about the sort of day-by-day ‘fixing’ I have to do, to iron over the cracks, to be my public-self that ‘works’."
- Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2025 finalists revealed
- Ed Sheeran shares new single, "Azizam"
- Kesha wants forthcoming album to be "a safe space for people to feel fully embodied and liberated"
- Rachel Chinouriri presents new single, "23:42"
- Caity Baser joins forces with Oh Wonder on new single, "Running From Myself"
- Lydia Night of The Regrettes unveils debut solo single, "Pity Party"
- Matilda Mann covers Chet Baker's "There Will Never Be Another You"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday

Dirty Projectors
Song of the Earth

Black Country, New Road
Forever Howlong

Djo
The Crux
