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Whitelands reveal new single, "Blankspace"
London shoegaze outfit Whitelands have shared new song, "Blankspace", the fourth single from their upcoming album Sunlight Echoes.
Sunlight Echoes arrives after Whitelands' 2024 release Night-bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day, the band's first studio release under Sonic Cathedral. "Blankspace" follows three previous tracks "Songbird (Forever)", "Glance", and "Heat Of The Summer", and chronicles a dark period for singer and guitarist Etienne Quartey-Papafio. “I was faced with mortality and very difficult things,” he comments. “I’m still not sure how to talk about it.”
Bassist Vanessa Govinden adds: “It’s about coming face-to-face with death, grief and mortality. This one song became a way to carry all of that heaviness.”
Sunlight Echoes is due for release on 30 January via Sonic Cathedral
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