Chart-topping rock band The Revivalists have launched their new lead single “Kid” with an accompanying music video. Additionally, the band has introduced that its fifth studio album Pour It Out Into The Night will probably be launched on June 2 by way of Concord Records.
“Kid” is a hopeful anthem invoking the zest for all times, self-belief, catharsis and “living for the spirit now” because the tune’s post-chorus declares. Directed by Johnny Chew, the music video options suave, eye-popping stop-motion animation of the band towards a backdrop that pays homage to the architectural and inventive aesthetics that outline the band’s house of New Orleans. The visible made its broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, and MTV Biggest Pop.
With an infectious melody and piano peeking via vivid acoustic guitar, intricate layers of the band’s distinctive instrumentation energy a euphoric chantable refrain: “Hey kid/ Just sing the songs that wake the dead then/ You keep them ringing in your head, yeah/ You gotta get it off your chest/ Don’t worry about the mess.”
“‘Kid’ is about capturing the essence of life,” says vocalist/guitarist David Shaw. “We all go through ups and downs. Sometimes, we don’t believe in ourselves. We’ve got skeletons in the closet trying to drag us down. But you’ve got to believe in yourself. You’ve just got to live for the spirit. Nothing good ever comes easy. If you don’t have hope, what do you have?”
“David and I wrote the bulk of ‘Kid’ on January 6, 2021. My wife was one month pregnant with our twins and also we were getting real-time updates on the insurrection at the Capitol,” shares guitarist Zack Feinberg. “There was a lot of intense energy swirling around us that day as we were trying to stay focused on this exciting, beautiful thing we were channeling.”
“Kid” introduces Pour It Out Into The Night, a life-affirming album about residing within the second that provides each an unburdening and an appreciation for the right here and now, fueled by classes in gratitude and life realizations. As the world got here to a standstill within the years since their final album, Take Good Care, private experiences and life challenges abounded, with band members having their first youngsters, getting married, and navigating the psychological hurdles of lockdown.
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