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NewDad share new track ‘Ladybird’
Lifted from their forthcoming new EP.
With a brand new EP coming early next year, NewDad are giving us the latest taste of what to expect, sharing new track ‘Ladybird’.
“I wrote the song after watching the film ‘Ladybird’, the chord progression reminded me of the Dave Matthew’s song that’s played throughout the film so I initially named it after that, so ‘Ladybird’ was just a working title,” the band’s Julie Dawson explains. “I then wrote the lyrics about the difficult part of relationships and the struggle we sometimes face when we’re away from someone and the fears and anxieties we have about what they’re doing or if they’re okay, I realised this coincided with the relationship between the mother and daughter in the film so the title ended up being pretty fitting. It’s about the give and take in any relationship really and about the struggles of being away from someone you care about.”
Check it out below.
See NewDad live at the following dates:
NOVEMBER
08 Belfast Ulster Sports Club
10 Galway Roisin Dubh
11 Dublin The Workmans Club
12 Glasgow The Poetry Club
14 Manchester Yes
16 Bristol Louisiana
17 London The Lexington
19 Pitchfork Festival Paris
21 Margate Elsewhere
22London The Lexington
MARCH
28 Brighton Chalk
29 London Heaven
31 Bristol Thekla
APRIL
01 Birmingham O2 Academy 3
03 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
04 Manchester Gorilla
05 Glasgow Oran Mor
07 Dublin Whelans
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