The XCERTS mark move to new label with storming single ‘do it to myself’

Alt-rock stalwarts The XCERTS have returned, offering up new track ‘do it to myself’ as their first release with their new label home of FLG Records. 

It’s also the trio’s first new music since 2023, when they dropped their most recent studio album ‘Learning How To Live And Let Go’. Recalling more the raw immediacy of their earlier work, though, ‘do it to myself’ is a powerful re-introduction to the band (formed in 2001) as they look ahead to what press materials have called “continued activity”.

“There’s a desperate urgency about this song,” vocalist and guitarist Murray Macleod has noted, explaining that the track is “an admission of my fragility and tendency to self-sabotage when things aren’t good as they are. It’s a hard indie rock song, but the lyrics and vocal delivery are really vulnerable. That conflicting feeling was intentional - we wanted it to feel uncomfortable, honest, and human.”

Revisit DIY’s last interview with The XCERTS and watch the video for ‘do it to myself’ below.