FATHERSON are continuing the roll-out of their new album with the release of a poignant new single ‘Honest to God’.
Described as central to the new album, it’s a deeply moving, pared-back piano ballad that touches down on loss of confidence and direction. Documenting a tough period for the band when they were unsure where to go next, it’s perhaps one of the most intimate and emotive tracks we’ve heard from the trio – delivered powerfully by frontman Ross Leighton.
Speaking on the single, Leighton says, “Honest To God is about one of the least confident times in my life, and feeling like a total failure. It’s about that crippling loss of confidence spinning yourself out into a really dark place. Thinking the worst in every situation and not being able to believe in yourself. I spent a long time trying to redefine what music meant to me and how, if ever, I was going to get the spark back. It took a long time to finish, unpacking everything that it is about really took it out of me. I wrote the chorus with my friend Joe from Amber Run over zoom and the verses over about 2 months myself. It had to say just enough and no more, I love that about it. It took a while to distill but as a result it is one of the songs on the album I’m most proud of and one of my favourite songs I’ve ever written.”
Fatherson are set to release their first new album in three years in 2022 called ‘Normal Fears – out 25th February. They will also embark on a UK-wide tour that will include a headline date at the Barrowlands.
Listen to the track below.
