While She Sleeps have released a short film for their new single To The Flowers, taken from their upcoming album SELF HELL.
“This song means a lot to us,” says guitarist Sean Long. “As much as we love a good breakdown and heavy riff, a lot of our passion lies within emotive musical pieces. This song has nearly brought us all to tears multiple times simply because it touches something in us that we hold very dear. A pain we all know and have felt down to our deepest core. The essence of our personal pain expressed in music is what the band is all about. Talking about the things we know are difficult but necessary. The working title was called “radiohead” and that should help understand the feeling it gave us when writing it. This contains the “double whammy” that I stumbled across just before the song was finished. It went insanely viral when I posted it online so I just had to get it in the song. People have been saying it’s one of the greatest lead guitar parts of all time, I’ll take it.’
The short film for To The Flowers was created and shot by the band.
“To the Flowers is emotional, tragic and real life,” adds vocalist Loz Taylor. “We intended to make a short film that encompasses the real emotions of relationships, grief, love, death and pain. Shot by the members of While She Sleeps, ‘To the Flowers’ ebbs and flows through an entendre of tragedy. This was a huge project to undertake, and we have poured our creative energy into directing this piece. We had a wicked time working on the film. This will hit home.”
SELF HELL is due for release on 29th March 2024, available to pre-order HERE.
While She Sleeps have also announced a series of record store signings and stripped back shows, following the album’s release.
April 2024
Mon 1st – NOTTINGHAM – Rough Trade
Tue 2nd – MANCHESTER – HMV
Wed 3rd – BIRMINGHAM – HMV
Thu 4th – LONDON – Rough Trade East (12pm GMT)
Thu 4th – KINGSTON – St John’s Old Church (7pm GMT – hosted by Banquet)
Tickets will be available HERE from 10am BST on 19th February 2024.
You can also see While She Sleeps at Download Festival. Head to the band’s website HERE for a full list of live dates and tickets.
