Massive Wagons have released a video for their new single Night Skies, taken from their upcoming seventh album Earth To Grace. The video features the band’s friend, British comedian and actor Nick Helm.
Frontman Barry “Baz” Mills says:
“NIGHT SKIES…. #ITSOKTOTALK.
“Night Skies is a song I don’t want to be too open about – it’s quite personal and I think when you go into a song’s meaning too much it can ruin the work you put in writing the lyrics. I write songs to try and create imagery, for people to conjure up their own opinion of what the lyrics mean – if I start explaining everything then it destroys that.
“But I will say, that it’s about human beings struggle with mental health, something that can’t be talked about enough! It needs to be said, and I’m happy saying it, there is no coming back from suicide, to put it bluntly. So if we can stop anyone at all making that choice, then we have done something incredible, people need to know there is help available!! We were extremely lucky to have Nick Helm involved in the video. We love Nick, he is a truly magnificent human, extremely talented comedian and actor and he jumped at the chance to be in the video and spread the word about mental health. Nick has been fighting his own demons, which he goes into in his live show, and loved the idea of playing a character happily dealing with a series of small disasters on the outside, putting on a brave face, showing you just don’t know what’s going on with people on the inside. We believe Nick has elevated the song’s meaning to a whole new level through his incredible portrayal in the video, and we want to thank him dearly for being a part of it.
“Just remember you are not alone, you can speak to people, people are waiting to help you, don’t suffer in silence, seek help. Please.”
Earth To Grace is due for release on 8th November 2024 via Earache Records, available to pre-order HERE.
See Massive Wagons live, with support from Florence Black, at one of the following dates:
November 2024
Fri 22nd – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
Sat 23rd – BRISTOL – SWX
Sun 24th – SOUTHAMPTON – Engine Rooms
Tue 26th – BIRMINGHAM – O2 Institute
Wed 27th – GLASGOW – SWG3
Fri 29th – MANCHESTER – O2 Ritz
Sat 30th – LONDON – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
December 2024
Fri 6th – DUBLIN – Grand Social
Sat 7th – BELFAST – Limelight 2
MIND: 0300 102 1234
SAMARITANS: 116 123
SANEline: 0300 304 7000
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HELPLINE: 0800 689652
CALM: 0800 58 58 58
NHS MENTAL HEALTH: 111
CHILDLINE: 0800 11 11
WWW.WOMENSMENTALHEALTHNETWORK.COM
WWW.MINDOUT.ORG.UK (specifically for the LGBTQ community)
