Only a day into their Fairly On The Web Tour, indie-rock quartet The Ok’s launch their third single of the yr, ‘Helen, Oh, I’ – a haunting, and emotive energy ballad that sees band frontman Jamie Boyle wrestle his demons as he tries to seek out each steadiness, and a way of interior peace while navigating life within the quick lane.
Produced by GRAMMY Award successful musician Jim Lowe (Taylor Swift, Stereophonics, Beyoncé) and blended by Pete Hutchings (Royal Blood, Foals, Nothing However Thieves), the highly effective tune serves because the third single to be launched from the bands upcoming second studio album ‘Fairly On The Web’ which is about to drop through LAB Data later this summer season.
“‘Helen, Oh, I’ is a tune I wrote reflecting a very chaotic and turbulent interval in my life,” Jamie says of the introspective monitor. “Throughout this time, I discovered myself struggling to steadiness the calls for of a brand new discovered life on the highway whereas desperately making an attempt to take care of the steadiness of my life at house.”
“It’s no secret to anybody who is aware of me that I generally tend to lean into self-destructive behaviours or hunt down low-cost distractions, even when they arrive at the price of important harm as an alternative of confronting the deeper points at hand. I might typically go for momentary escapes, letting the whole lot round me unravel in consequence and ‘Helen, Oh, I’ is written about my realisation of this when trying again on issues I’ve achieved or the way in which I’ve behaved in sure conditions and realising the harm is finished and it’s too late to alter it.”
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Recognised for his or her energetic reside performances, rousing indie anthems and deeply profound lyrics, The Ok’s are Jamie Boyle (vocals/guitar), Ryan Breslin (guitar/keyboards), Dexter Baker (bass) and Nathan Friends (drums), 4 lads from the north of England, on a mission to be one thing of a voice for individuals who discover themselves disillusioned with the trials and tribulations of recent life within the twenty first century.
Following the discharge of their debut album ‘I Surprise If The World Is aware of?’ – which was solely stored off the highest spot by The Libertines and Beyoncé and was the UK’s second largest debut of 2024 – the uber gifted quartet have swiftly turn out to be some of the thrilling and profitable new British bands of final yr.
Presently on their UK and Eire headline tour after they kicked issues off in Belfast final night time and will likely be enjoying a number of dates round the remainder of the nation together with London’s iconic Roundhouse on thirteenth Might earlier than wrapping in Newcastle on twenty second Might.
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