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 shaped in 2009, all 5 members had been energetic in that metropolis’s scenes as early because the Eighties, their acts crossing paths, and infrequently 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 prefer to showcase our residence”.
It was just like the members had been fated to come back collectively, and since their formation they’ve turn out to be 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 pale, 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 good friend Michael Kirby, an area membership common at well-liked 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, could be heard, louder than ever earlier than.
“We thought it will be good to provide a musical farewell to the family and friends we’ve misplaced over the previous few years”, mentioned Bogan. “Individuals who had been vital 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 in every of 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 enviornment. With a gentle rock drum, fuzzy guitars, and harmonies which were woven so tightly collectively it’s inconceivable to separate them, it’s additionally bought hovering guitar and bass solos, interspersed with sluggish interludes and explosive bursts. These nevertheless aren’t the issues that may follow the listener after it’s completed; the chorus, asking should you’re alright, are you okay – are you alright simply daily – that’s what stays.
The music video, shot by Flick Wiltshire at The Elbow Room, an area 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 identify graffiti-tagged on the wall. It’s a clip that’s as shifting because the music itself, inspiring to verify on our associates and family members, to be sure that they’re doing alright, that they’re okay – simply daily.
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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