Following up on the July release of their debut single ‘Tattoo’, and August’s double singles ‘You’ll Always Have Us // Everything Works Out In The End’ Indie-folk five-piece Bottlemoth return with their new single ‘Landslides (people change)’, which was out last Thursday, September 12th, taken from their debut album ‘Even Us Ghosts’ out on October 17th 2024.
Bottlemoth formed in January 2024 by the former members of Bridges. The band cut their teeth touring the UK under their previous moniker, playing tour supports with Slow Readers Club and festivals such as 2000 Trees, Isle of Wight and Glastonbury. Since returning to live in 2024 as Bottlemoth, the band have already performed alongside The Dangerous Summer, Cold Years, Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun and Adult Leisure. Previous releases have amassed over 170,000 streams and have been celebrated by the likes of Far Out Magazine, Clash and God Is In The TV.
Their upcoming debut album’s previous singles have seen Bottlemoth championed by the likes of Fame Magazine, RTE, The Most Radicalist and Spotify editorial’s Hot New Bands and Apple’s New In Rock.
With this collection of songs, the band decided to take on more of the production duties. ‘Landslides (people change)’ was written and produced by the band themselves across home studios, drums were produced by Joe Marsh at Orchard Studios and the track was mixed by Adrian Hall (Tori Amos, Bess Atwell, Nova Twins, Cassia). It’s a song about starting over, returning home and tackling the big moments of change.
Discussing what they hoped to explore lyrically with this track, vocalist and lyricist Ethan Proctor explains: “Sometimes change is expected, and sometimes it’s a surprise. It can be terrifying, though more often than not change can be necessary. The last few years have been a bit of a whirlwind, and I first wrote this song when Chess and I moved back to Somerset from London. It was a real period of reflection and change for the band. We can dwell on things, we can hunker down in a rut. Taking some time to look inward is important, and I can forget that. It’s a cool revelation to think we are forever finding ourselves again and again.
‘Trust me when I say, I know’ is a phrase that felt really prominent at the time and became the last repeating lyric of the song.
A few of us in the band have always been Math Rock fans, and I’ve long had a soft spot for songs that count in seven, though hadn’t written in that signature before. Within Landslides, the seven count really pushes the momentum along creating a cyclical and uncertain feel. That felt like a cool juxtaposition for all the song is about, leaving a moment for release in the chorus returning to four. It’s not quite the Math Rock band dream I’ve forever flirted with in my mind, but it’s a toe in the water which was really fun to put together.”