Watch video for Gentle Sinners’ cathartic new single ‘Landfill’

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Gentle Sinners – the new project from Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap and James Graham of The Twilight Sad – have shared the latest single from their upcoming debut album.

Listen to ‘Landfill’ below.‘Landfill’ follows recent single ‘Face To Fire (After Nyman)’, which was released in March alongside the announcement of the album, ‘These Actions Cannot Be Undone’.The track is the album’s rousing finale, exploring the theme of mental health with a backdrop of synths and strings as Graham repeatedly chants “you’re an accident waiting to happen”.It arrives with a cinematic video, directed by Kieran Howe, who commented: “The music is so full of sobering honesty, as a director I felt I couldn’t shy away from my inner most feelings.

Hopefully we captured something that conveys how it feels to be in pain, and to be struggling with your mental health.“In the same way that James and Aidan have inspired me to express these feelings, I hope this video might do the same for others.

It’s been a thrill to work with them on this music video.” Watch the video below.Speaking of the single, Graham said: “My mental health was at the worst it’s ever been.