Courting, a four-piece band from Liverpool, release the dramatic new single “Flex.” The track denotes the band’s most memorable delivery since their sort bowing presentation collection “Guitar Music”, which turned out in Sept 2022 to broad basic praise, and follows a sold-out UK visit with Around Waves last month, as well as broad title event dates, and various pressed out celebration appearances.
The band continues to explore their thirst for creativity with the new single “Flex,” which builds on the energised and borderless hyper pop influenced sound they developed on their most recent debut. The song is a power pop banger at its core, with lively riffing and upbeat drumming, a euphonious and pensive horn section, and lightly effected, hook-heavy vocals that explore social media and online relationships through several acts about feeling wanted and seen.
Talking on the idea of the track, frontman Sean Murphy-O’Neill, says “‘Flex’ is intended to be a dramatic execution, a short play. Our hero is affluent, fruitful, and renowned… yet at what cost? After seeing their glow-up, our protagonist misses their ex, wears Ricks, smokes, sends thoughtful emails about their health to people they should have responded to sooner, and has increased their screen time by 25%. In the thrilling conclusion, our protagonist and all of their friends do donuts in a 1967 Mustang in a closed parking lot. The occasion is livestreamed on jerk to be rewatched from now through eternity.
As sincere as we can be, “Flex” Some of the time the lines between reality and fiction get obscured here, however we’re nothing in the event that not committed.”
The band’s most recent collection “Guitar Music” saw the band say something in pretty much every conceivable sense. While their prior “Fantastic Public” EP was a punchy and dynamic eruption of independent with a dash of craftsmanship pop, the most recent collection denoted the prompt sound of a band recalibrating.
Having decided to shun the show and consistency that accompanies being labeled under the collection’s namesake, the record – created by twofold GRAMMY designated maker James Dring (Gorillaz, Jamie T, Sorry, Lana Del Rey, Obscure, Loyle Carner) – saw them dismantling melodies established in non mainstream rock to energetically sort them back out while playing with new sounds, surfaces, and songwriting strategies. Their brand name snare filled songs scornful verses actually leak through alongside an irresistible depression, however they are overlayed with trial and error – the record is loaded up with driving basslines, 808 kicks, smatterings of buggy electronic quirks, autotuned pop vocals, and erratic instrumentation.
The band received numerous 5-star reviews, a 7.2 rating from Pitchfork, and extensive praise from publications such as The Needle Drop, DIY, Dork, NME, Alt Press, and CLASH. The press’s response was overwhelmingly positive. In addition, the band received numerous plays on BBC Radio 1, Radio X, and other stations following the release.
Having solidified themselves as a high priority live demonstration, Pursuing have likewise quite recently fallen off of a UK visit as fundamental help for Around Waves. In addition, the band performed at a number of summer festivals, including Reading & Leeds Festival, Wide Eyed Festival, Latitude, Truck Festival, Live At Leeds, Community Festival, and The Great Escape, as well as extensively touring “Guitar Music” last autumn. They also came together earlier this year for a hometown wedding-themed show called “The Wedding.” At this show, the band performed new material for the first time. NME wrote about the show and called them “one of the most innovative and elevated acts of the moment.”
