The Xcerts have continued their hot streak of heartbreakingly beautiful songs pulled from their upcoming album ‘i think i want to go home now.’ with another belter.
Titled ‘rinse repeat’, it is a jangly, lingering, sensationally raw look at what it means to find yourself stuck in a cycle of pain and hurt. Musically, it feels like something which could have been pulled from the band’s early days, which feels like an intentional move, but delivered with the lessons learned and life lived that has occured in time inbetween. The result is an absolute triumph of heartfelt and heartbreaking emotional outpouring, the sort that sticks with you long after the chords have faded away. It’s a brand of songwriting that the band are well versed in, but they really are reaching another level altogether.
Vocalist Murray MacLeod has explained exactly where the song has come from and what it represents within their entire story:
“This might be the first time we’ve self-referenced our own material. There are a lot of parallels between our first record and this record, with the heartbreak of a relationship deteriorating and the loss of a parent. We wanted this song to be reminiscent of ‘crisis in the slow lane’ but from the perspective of adulthood. Sadly cancer was all too prominent in our lives during the writing and recording of this record, and this song is very much about my father’s diagnosis at the tail end of 2022 and the helplessness of it all. I also tend to merge different scenes in verses and tie them together with choruses, so verse 2 is also about hopelessness, but in regards to my then partner’s struggles.”
‘i think i want to go home now.’ is set for release on July 10 via FLG Records.
Here is previously released track ‘pretty ugly’, which is heavy in a completely different way.
