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PLAIINS have released a new song!
The new song, titled Sports Bar, is the brand new single from the multi-national rock band and follows on from their previous single, Happy Faces, which was released back in March.
“Sports Bar is a tongue in cheek poke about sports fanaticism,” comments singer Chris Reardon. “I don’t know how the concept was developed, the opening verse and chorus just spilled out. By the time it was written, I read through the lyrics and was laughing to myself. This happens a lot when writing, they come very in the moment and I just let it flow and not second guess what it’s about or where its going. I just trust the creative process and what’s coming out. We finessed the lyrics all together later, and one of the goals with this song was there had to ‘LOL’ moments and had to paint the picture in the way of a caricature.
The imagery I had in my mind is like a cover of a Tom Sharpe book. The illustrator is an artist called Paul Sample, one of my favourites, and I wanted the lyrics to have that over the top feeling but also comment on something a little more poignant underneath. We leaned more on our love of indie and garage rock on this track, bands like THE WHITE STRIPES and ARCTIC MONKEYS but pushing the almost rap like vocals from the likes of Mike Skinner from THE STREETS. He’s been a constant inspiration, those first two albums, wow! Desert island discs for me. At the very end of the song I came up with in the studio whilst we were recording, I wanted to end the song with a kind of pub-like end of night drunken lullaby. You know when everyone’s battered arm-in-arm and got their half filled pint glasses in the air and everyone’s singing like it’s their last days on earth. Although Sports Bar is a little poke, there’s something beautiful about the sense of community and passion for a sports club and I wanted to end the song with a tip of the cap to that.”
Watch the official lyric video for Sports Bar here:
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