New Brunswick-based post-punk trio Motherhood have shared the latest single to be lifted off of their new record, Winded.
The track, "Shepherd," comes in tandem with a new music video, which features the album's protagonist navigating their way through a crop-dusted landscape until ultimately finding themselves in a strange, augmented world.
The single was one of the first to be completed by the band mid-lockdown — and one of the last to come together for the album, which is described as a sonic amalgamation of Beach Boys, Haruki Murakami and Marty Robbins.
"I kept picturing someone walking through the halls of a motel, with shag carpet and cigarette smoke," Motherhood member Penelope Stevens explained in a release. "The demo was originally called 'Creepy Motel,' for that reason, even though the song ended up being about sheep. We spent a long time playing with major and minor transitions, taking inspiration from the Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads and old Westerns. Then Brydon [Crain, singer] wrote the verses and chord progression, and we battled it all out until basically the night before we went into the studio."
Stevens added: "For being such a hard-won song, it ended up being one of our collective favourites for sure."
Check out the video for "Shepherd" below.
The track, "Shepherd," comes in tandem with a new music video, which features the album's protagonist navigating their way through a crop-dusted landscape until ultimately finding themselves in a strange, augmented world.
The single was one of the first to be completed by the band mid-lockdown — and one of the last to come together for the album, which is described as a sonic amalgamation of Beach Boys, Haruki Murakami and Marty Robbins.
"I kept picturing someone walking through the halls of a motel, with shag carpet and cigarette smoke," Motherhood member Penelope Stevens explained in a release. "The demo was originally called 'Creepy Motel,' for that reason, even though the song ended up being about sheep. We spent a long time playing with major and minor transitions, taking inspiration from the Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads and old Westerns. Then Brydon [Crain, singer] wrote the verses and chord progression, and we battled it all out until basically the night before we went into the studio."
Stevens added: "For being such a hard-won song, it ended up being one of our collective favourites for sure."
Check out the video for "Shepherd" below.
