Great Cynics have unveiled ‘Beach Access’, taken from a flexidisc available with all merch purchases on their current UK and mainland Europe run with Jeff Rosenstock. In typical Great Cynics fashion, it’s a short slice of indie-punk goodness, carrying a heavier message than some of their other recent material.
“‘Beach Access’ was a harder song to write than anything on ‘I Feel Weird’,” vocalist and guitarist Giles Bidder explains, “it took a while before it sounded right. It’s about feeling paralysed with anxiety, feeling disconnected with what’s around you. When you use up all your energy on being scared, you’re left with no energy to do what you know would make you feel fulfilled. The name is from a photo I took of Bob a few months ago, which is also the cover.”
The flexidisc is also available via the Specialist Subject store.
MARCH
16 KINGSTON Fighting Cocks
17 NOTTINGHAM Rough Trade
18 NORWICH Owl Sanctuary
19 NEWCASTLE Head Of Steam
20 EDINBURGH Banshee’s Labyrinth
21 DUNDEE Conroy’s Basement
22 GLASGOW Audio
23 MANCHESTER Gulliver’s
25 LEEDS Santiagos Club
26 BELFAST Empire Music Hall
27 DUBLIN Whelan’s
30 EXETER Cavern
31 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
APRIL
01 SOUTHAMPTON Venue TBA, cheap tickets
02 LONDON Victoria
03 ZOERSEL, BELGIUM JH Joeniz
04 DARMSTADT, GERMANY Oetinger Villa
05 MUSTER, GERMANY Cafe Lorenz
06 BERLIN, GERMANY Cassiopaeia
07 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Winston Kingdom
08 COLOGNE, GERMANY Privat
09 PARIS, FRANCE TBC
10 BRIGHTON Green Door Store