downcast – unveil video for new single “your band sucks anyway”

With the build up to the release of their brand new EP “WTF HAPPENED” firmly underway, Bristol rising emo/alt-rock quartet downcast are delighted to reveal the latest single from the EP. 

Their new single, “your band sucks anyway”, is full of the reactionary rage that all of us have experienced at one time or another. Wrapped in the modern emo style melodies downcast are becoming increasingly well known for alongside frontman Liam Edwards distinctive voice, “your band sucks anyway” is another earworm filled step on the way to the release of “WTF HAPPENED”. 

Having kept a consistent 90’s nostalgia theme with the first two music videos from “WTF HAPPENED”, downcast have taken it up another level for their new video. Where else can you see a music video that features snippets of Beavis and Butthead and Wayne’s World, plus a guest appearance from Clippy, the Microsoft paperclip so many of a certain age learned to love to hate? Not to mention members of downcast inserting themselves into scenes of everything from The Simpsons to Teletubbies to N64 classic game Pokemon Stadium. 

Here’s a word from downcast about their brand new single:

“‘your band sucks’ anyway’ is an anger fuelled track with infectious hooks. It’s the perfect song to sing along to in the car after a bad day at work. If you grew up in the 90s or early 2000s, the music video will instantly send you on a nostalgia trip.”

As mentioned above, downcast’s upcoming EP is titled “WTF HAPPENED” (a name that so many of us can relate to at different stages of our lives), and will be released on the 6th of September. 

downcast – WTF HAPPENED

1) raincheck
2) your absence
3) your band sucks anyway
4) bittersweet

downcast have recently confirmed details of the pre-sale for physical copies of “WTF HAPPENED”, which is being released on Side Mission Records. There is now a pre-sale for both CD and vinyl copies of the EP, which will ship in mid September, available on this link.

For more detail about the creation of their new EP, here is downcast frontman Liam Edwards:

“Our new EP is a collection of songs that reflect on the events of the past couple of years. It explores feelings of nostalgia, anger, romance and grief. The title is inspired by those moments where you look back at how simple and carefree your life used to be and wonder what happened.”

To celebrate the release of WTF HAPPENED, downcast are heading out for their first full UK tour of 2024 in late September. In addition to the previously announced headline shows in Plymouth, Cardiff, Manchester and London, downcast are very pleased to say they have joined the stacked line up for the 2024 Misery Loves Company Festival in their hometown of Bristol. 

Support for the Plymouth show will come from GURL, with support for the other shows will be announced in the future.

downcast September 2024 UK Tour

Photo credit – press photo