Irish sextet THUMPER release brand new single 'Summer Assault'
Irish noise-pop sextet THUMPER have released a video for their latest single 'Summer Assault', out now via Reckless Records.
Check out the video for 'Summer Assault' here: https://youtu.be/9dbEm9hWjUo
Stream/purchase 'Summer Assault' here: https://linktr.ee/hellothumper
Complementing THUMPER’s idiosyncratic style of noise-driven rock, the video was directed by visual artist Julie Weber (Æ MAK, Holly Hudson Taylor, Fears, ANDI), and sees two concurrent yet wholly different lifestyles played out side-by-side. Weber explains:
“The music video for 'Summer Assault' is an observation of human dualities, dichotomies and synchronicities. I was interested in the layered perspectives of seeing and being - is there such a thing as having a superior lifestyle? Does that mean being a social spider that attends parties, or is it being a health demon who eats beetroot for breakfast? One or the other? Neither or both?”
THUMPER have also announced a New Year's Eve co-headline show with Sprints at Whelan's in Dublin. Tickets are on sale here: https://www.whelanslive.com/ticket/nye-w-sprints-thumper/
'Summer Assault' sees the band venture into new territory and marks their first new music since their debut album Delusions Of Grandeur, released earlier this year. The track comes off the back of THUMPER's extensive European, UK and Irish tour, including sell-out shows in Amsterdam, London, Paris and Dublin. The bombastic Dublin outfit have also played at Sŵn Festival in Cardiff and are gearing up for a set at RTE 2FM’s Rising on the Road.
‘Summer Assault’ is a vignette of self-sabotage, an anthem of small failure. It’s about a doomed relationship that carries on regardless - a narrator banging on the glass trying to warn the song’s inhabitants. Each melody and hook competes for space over an ever expanding wall of guitars, bass and THUMPER's signature double drums. In just over three minutes, ‘Summer Assault’ sees THUMPER boil their trademark noise wall into an earworm of a pop song.
THUMPER's previous single '25' came thundering into the ESNS Radio Charts, with support BBC Radio 1's Future Artists with Jack Saunders and Future Alternative with Nels Hylton, as well as Kink, KEXP and more. They featured as the face of Spotify's ‘All New Punk’ playlist and gained editorial support from Amazon Music. Championed heavily by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gemma Bradley and many more, ‘Summer Assault’ is sure to be THUMPER's biggest single yet.
Stream/purchase the band's debut album Delusions of Grandeur here: https://orcd.co/j4a8pjo
THUMPER are:
Oisín Leahy Furlong - Vocals, Guitar
Alan Dooley - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Alex Harvey - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dav Campbell - Bass, Backing Vocals
Stevie D’Arcy - Drums
Benedict Warner-Clayton - Drums
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