Scottish indie sensation The Snuts are back, dropping their new album Millennials on 23rd February. After a chart-topping debut and a successful follow-up, the band has taken a bold leap into independence, fully embracing creative control.
Jack Cochrane, the lead vocalist, reflects on the new album’s roots: “Leading into this new record, the original idea was: are there any songs we’ve forgotten to write? Are there any ideas and feelings we can dip back into from when we weren’t living in this music world?
“That’s where we, as millennials, came up with the concept. Tapping into the emotions that we maybe hadn’t processed into music. Those big boiling points in your life.”
He adds, “The first time you’re falling in love. First time your heart is broken. Those pivotal moments. On the last record there was a bit more nuance. With this one, we wanted to see how it would feel if we went more direct on the songs and to connect as easily as possible. I don’t think we’re living in an age now where people want to spend time taking something apart. We want people to feel it the first time they hear it.”
The Snuts plan to celebrate their album release with two nights at Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands on 27th and 28th February. Accompanying the announcement, they’ve released a new single, ‘Deep Diving’, which Cochrane describes as a “raw exploration of our mortality, the ticking clock of our lives and the consequences of being caught in the maze of one’s own mind.”
Expect a mix of introspection and euphoria in Millennials, a record that promises to resonate with many.
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