Courting unveil their latest single, "Emily G"
Liverpool four-piece Courting have shared a new single, “Emily G”, which is taken from their forthcoming second album, New Last Name.
The single is released following a cryptic trail that fans were able to follow in the run up to the release. A play on the psychological hoax that began in the 1980's with Ever Dream This Man?, Courting created a replica poster replaced the image of 'The Man' with the AI generated image of Emily G (the single's artwork). Fans were led to the posters using co-ordinates and upon scanning the QR code – they were able to hear a teaser of the upcoming track.
Going on to speak about the single, frontman Sean Murphy O’Neill says, “‘Emily G’ is the centrepiece of the album, the 5th act of our play. She is a story found in a magazine and a real person. A tale of right place, wrong time. Something to dance to.”
This scavenger hunt nods to the concept running throughout the new record. New Last Name is an album as adventurous thematically as it is sonically - but as it’s title suggests, it hints at new beginnings. “It’s a theatrical play within an album,” explains O’Neill. "There’s a lot going on. It can be simply enjoyed as an album, but there are characters, acts, stage directions etc. The listeners can decide on the narrative themselves, but we want them to get lost in it.”
New Last Name was recorded in collaboration with Gary and Ryan Jarman of The Cribs, who worked closely with the band on production duties.
New Last Name is set for release on 26 January via Lower Third, and is available to pre-order now. For more information on their upcoming tour dates, visit courtingband.com.
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