DIY, Marcantonio described the single as “hypnotic, bittersweet, maybe inter-dimensional too” while also giving an update on Demob Happy’s upcoming third album – the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Holy Doom’.“It has been ready – gestating, growing and germinating – for a little while now,” he said. “But because of the last year, and the foundation having been ripped from the music industry, we’ve been stuck in a kind of limbo, neither coming nor going really, constantly at the whim of other people’s plans.“But it’s sounding wonderful, and is, quite frankly, the best stuff we’ve ever done.”‘Sympathy Boy’ comes ahead of Demob Happy opening the main stage at next month’s Reading & Leeds festivals, where they’ll perform alongside Sam Fender, Sports Team.
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