Nation Of Language have shared ‘Too A lot, Sufficient’ – the most recent single to be taken from their upcoming album ‘Unusual Disciple’. Try the star-studded music video under.
The one is the fourth observe to be shared from their upcoming album, and sees the members spotlight the damaging penalties of changing into immersed within the limitless “angering, addictive and anxiety-inducing TV information cycles”.
It additionally sees the trio – comprised of Ian Devaney, Aidan Noell and Alex MacKay – satirise what they see as “outrageous” tv broadcasts, creating a video starring Emmy-nominated actor Jimmi Simpson (Westworld, It’s At all times Sunny In Philadelphia), in addition to fellow musicians Reggie Watts, Kevin Morby, Tomberlin, Moldy Peaches’ Adam Inexperienced, and LVL UP’s Greg Rutkin.
Numerous members of the family and pals additionally star within the visible accompaniment, with the band enjoying their synth-driven uplifting melodies excessive. The video was directed by Robert Kolodny.
“‘Too A lot, Sufficient’ is a tune born out of an exhaustion with the 24-hour information cycle and the outrage bait it makes use of to get everybody completely wound up,” the band state, reflecting on the inspiration behind the observe.
“When it got here to creating a visible to go alongside the tune, we didn’t need the music video to be its personal type of outrage bait so we went with a extra absurdist strategy, gathering some pals of ours, and of our unimaginable director Robert Kolodny, to make one thing enjoyable and outlandish to that impact.
“It’s a robust factor to disclaim somebody the power to control your most harmful feelings, and that’s one thing we wish to have fun right here,” they continued.
The observe is a part of the band’s forthcoming third LP, ‘Unusual Disciple’ – following on from earlier singles ‘Sole Obsession’, ‘Weak In Your Gentle’ and ‘Stumbling Nonetheless’. Up to now, every of the tracks hone in on the overarching message that the band needed to convey within the album: drawing consideration to the unhealthy infatuations and obsessions that lie inside on a regular basis life.
“The overarching theme of ‘Unusual Disciple’ is infatuation and the way one’s actuality will be warped by it,” the members defined. “We went a extra romantic route… however Information is a type of much less interpersonal actions it seems like everybody takes half in, so we needed to point out our disciple is simply as vulnerable to it as another determine.”
‘Unusual Disciple’ is out on September 15 by way of PIAS, pre-order the album right here.
Later this 12 months, Nation of Language are set to embark on a sequence of UK and European tour dates, together with a gig at HEAVEN in London.
The UK leg of the tour will kick off within the capital on September 17, earlier than making stops in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester and extra – finally ending with a ultimate present in Newcastle on October 7. Discover a listing of UK tour dates under and remaining tickets right here.
Nation Of Language’s UK tour dates are:
SEPTEMBER
27 – London, HEAVEN
28 – Brighton, Concorde 2
29 – Bristol, Marble Manufacturing facility
30 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
OCTOBER
4 – Manchester, New Century
5 – Leeds, Stylus
6 – Sheffield, Foundry
7 – Newcastle, Boiler Store
‘Unusual Disciple’ would be the trio’s first full-length album since 2021’s ‘A Method Ahead’. In a five-star assessment of the challenge, NME praised the band for creating an album that was “fuzzy and nostalgic, but additionally pure and creative unexpectedly”.
“This devotion to many years passed by, in addition to a playful spirit, is obvious all through the document,” it learn.
“Take the understated disco bassline of ‘The Gray Commute’, which leaps ahead into brighter ‘80s floor, or ‘Throughout That Effective Line’, a triumphant anthem that’s powered by a way of urgency and vitality. It may’t have been a straightforward job bettering their debut providing, however Nation Of Language have right here – and, in flip, they’ve delivered a real modern-day traditional of the synth-pop style.”
