Chromatics announce the release of their new single, Teacher, along with accompanying video. Getintothis’ Emilie Clark lends an ear.
Chromatics have released a brand new video for the single Teacher, which comes from their upcoming album.
As well as releasing new single Teacher, Chromatics have also unveiled the tracklist for Dear Tommy, which will feature 11 unheard songs.
The album and single have long been anticipated by fans of the band, following the success of 2019 album, Closer To Grey.
The single was released as part of a 4-track EP, featuring different versions of the song.
It includes On Film, which features a reduced drumbeat, an instrumental and acapella version.
Chromatics’ music has previously been described as ‘noisy’ and ‘chaotic’ but Teacher takes a softer approach with synth beats that sound as though they’ve come straight from the 1980s.
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The track builds into a dreamy electronic soundscape layered with soft, airy vocals that create an ambient undertone.
Using an apple as a metaphor, Johnny Jewel, the band’s producer and multi-instrumentalist, discusses the song’s meaning, and how we can stop passing negativity onto future generations.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away & music is the medicine.
Our teachers transfer knowledge of good & evil. From the fairy tale of Snow White’s endless sleep to the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis, exposure is the agent of change.
Music is a language communicated by the artist but ultimately defined by the listener’s own exposure to sound throughout their lifetime.
I can’t change my past, but I can choose to break the cycle & not pass the poison apple I was fed to my daughter.”
Dear Tommy track list:
01. Fresh Blood
02. Glitter
03. Never Tell
04. Just Like You
05. She Says
06. The Moment
07. Time Rider
08. White Fences
09. Teacher
10. Between The Lines
11. Too Late
12. Dear Tommy
13. Melodrama
14. Ultra Vivid
15. Colorblind
16. Sometimes
17. Dream Sequence
18. Endless Sleep
Listen to Teacher and watch the video below.
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