Redolent turn a Texas sunset and an ice cream sandwich into ‘Funner’

Edinburgh band Redolent have released new single and video ‘Funner’, the follow-up to recent comeback track ‘Ok Wow’.

Where ‘Ok Wow’ sat with the discomfort of an argument’s aftermath, ‘Funner’ moves in the opposite direction, a warm, upbeat electronic track built around a genuine moment of happiness on tour, an ice cream sandwich and a sunset standing in for what the band have called “the opposite of a panic attack.” They’ve described the song as a half-joking attempt at writing a pop song for a major label, and as a goofy, disarming break from the darker, more intense material elsewhere on the record it’s drawn from.

The video sees frontman Robin Herbert dancing and singing through a Scottish field, with Alice Hancock playing an SP-404 alongside him, lo-fi and low-key by design, matching the track’s lighter, more playful mood.

‘Funner’ arrives alongside Redolent’s self-produced documentary, released alongside ‘Ok Wow’, which charts the band’s journey from a 2021 GameStop short squeeze windfall through a Columbia Records deal, its end, and their Scottish Album of the Year win for Dinny Greet in 2024. The choice of title hints at something bigger still to come for the band.

Redolent are Robin Herbert, Danny Herbert, Andrew Turnbull and Alice Hancock.

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