WALT DISCO have returned with a gripping new single called ‘Macilent’.
Following on from the thundering, highly emotive ‘Selfish Lover’ and ‘Weightless’ earlier this year, the six-piece are once again in rapturous form. This time they twist and scythe through an onslaught of barbed electric guitars, clattering drums and almost pained vocals from James Potter.
Lead vocalist and songwriter James Potter says: “Macilent was written with Jessica Winter in August the day after the 3 trans women were attacked in Hollywood. All we could think about that day was the violence that trans and queer people face everyday. We wanted the song to convey the fear that we feel, the disgust, the exhaustion, but also the fading hope that it doesn’t have to be the way things are “We could be together, if you weren’t so violent.“We’ve been around forever” is almost a war-cry exclaiming that queer people and gender identities have always existed outside the binary.”
A thunderous and dramatic glam-rock concoction, it comes with a brand new video directed by Eric Liddle and Kasparas Vidunas which you can see below.
Walt Disco also recently announced a UK and European tour for 2022, which includes a date at Glasgow’s Saint Luke’s on 30th March.
Check out full tour dates below and view the video here.
Photo by Neelam Khan Vela
MARCH
30 – Glasgow, St Luke’s
31 – Belfast, Voodoo
APRIL
01 – Dublin, The Soundhouse
02 – Liverpool, Jimmy’s
04 – Sheffield, Yellow Arch Studios
05 – Hull, Tower Ballroom
06 – Newcastle, The Cluny
08 – York, The Crscent
09 – Leeds, Hyde Park Book Club
11 – Nottingham, The Bodega Social Club
12 – Birmingham, Mama Roux’s
13 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
17 – Manchester, YES
18 – Bristol, Rough Trade Bristol
20 – London, Scala
21 – Antwerp, TRIX
22 – Amsterdam, Paradiso
24 – Cologne, MTC
26 – Hamburg, Headcrash
27 – Berlin, Cassiopeia
28 – Munich, Orangehouse
30 – Paris, Point Ephemere
