Metronomy share hopeful new single ‘Things Will Be Fine’
The track's old school official video sees the band revisit their teenage selves
By Tom Skinner
Metronomy have shared a new single called ‘Things Will Be Fine’ – you can listen to it below.
The hopeful track serves as the second taste of the Joseph Mount-led band’s forthcoming seventh studio album, ‘Small World’, which is set to arrive on February 18 via Because Music.
Per a press release, the group’s latest song sees Mount take an optimistic approach in navigating difficult times.
Its accompanying official video finds Metronomy performing together in a 90s-looking house – complete with garish decor, a Nirvana gig poster, an old school Mac computer and other artefacts from that era.
“It’s a sort of pseudo role-play therapy session in which we all re-visit our teenage selves,” Mount explained of the Juliet Casella and Thibaut Caesar-directed visuals “Everyone ended up more scarred than they did before making it… apart from Michael [Lovett, guitarist] and his f*#king guinea pigs.”
Check out the video for ‘Things Will Be Fine’ here:
Metronomy’s new offering comes after October’s ‘It’s Good To Be Back’, the lead single from the upcoming ‘Small World’.
Speaking previously about the ‘Metronomy Forever’ follow-up, Mount described the project as “a return to simple pleasures, nature, and an embracing in part of more pared down, songwriterly sonics, all while asking broader existential questions: which feels at least somewhat rooted in the period of time during which it was made – 2020.”
‘Small World’ will also feature the cuts such as ‘Life And Death’, ‘I Lost My Mind’ and ‘Hold Me Tonight’ – see the full tracklist below.
Metronomy will showcase the record on a 12-date UK headline tour this spring. Prior to those gigs, the band are set to play 30 shows across Europe between March and April. Ticket information can be found here along with the full schedule.
The band’s UK tour dates are as follows:
Friday 22 April – Barrowland – Glasgow, UK
Saturday 23 April – O2 Academy – Leeds, UK
Sunday 24 April – Boiler Shop – Newcastle, UK
Tuesday 26 April – Olympia Theatre – Dublin, Ireland
Wednesday 27 April – O2 Academy – Liverpool, UK
Thursday 28 April – Academy – Manchester, UK
Saturday 30 April – O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK
Sunday 1 May – Tramshed – Cardiff, UK
Tuesday 3 May – The Foundry – Torquay, UK
Wednesday 4 May – O2 Academy – Bristol, UK
Thursday 5 May – O2 Academy – Oxford, UK
Saturday 7 May – Alexandra Palace – London, UK
‘Things Will Be Fine’ tracklist:
‘Life And Death’
‘Things Will Be Fine’
‘It’s Good To Be Back’
‘Loneliness On The Run’
‘Love Factory’
‘I Lost My Mind’
‘Right On Time’
‘Hold Me Tonight’
‘I Have Seen Enough’