INDIE-POP outfit Los Campesinos! tackle mental health and current affairs on their latest track ‘5 Flucloxacilin’.
After a recording hiatus of about three years, the band are set to release their sixth album Sick Scenes on 24th February and have said it is about “battling with bad mental health, trying to comfort and reason with yourself over something you can’t control”.
Named after a prescription drug, the new track embodies this theme perfectly. In spite of its dark themes though, it still provides the vibrant dose of energy that we’ve come to expect from the band. Hand-claps, sunny harmonies and buoyant backbeats lend a warmth to the song over its complex and emotionally wrought lyricism; resulting in an infectious slice of indie pop bliss
Discussing the track’s origins and story, frontman Gareth David has said: “As time ticks by and I become entrenched in my thirties I realise I’ve now spent half of my life medicating and self-medicating for depression, acne, countless viral infections and, worst of all, relentless ingrown toenails. Most everyone I know struggles with their mental health and is trying to cope in whatever way they can, while baby-boomers chastise us millennials for the manner in which we attempt to find solace amidst, and fumble out of the mess they made for us”
Los Campesinos! have also announced a series of UK dates in later this year, featuring a show at Glasgow’s Stereo on the 28th April. Check out the track below:
