the cult band released new single Orwellian – the first track to be taken from the album. Speaking about the song, bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire said: “The track is about the battle to claim meaning, the erasing of context within debate, the overriding sense of factional conflict driven by digital platforms leading to a perpetual state of culture war. “As with many songs on the record, it was written on the piano by James Dean Bradfield. “Musically, it echoes ABBA, the majesty of Alan Rankine’s playing in the Associates and Talk Talk’s It’s My Life with a Lindsey Buckingham guitar solo. ”Wire adds: “It felt like the perfect sonic and lyrical introduction to The Ultra Vivid Lament. ”.
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