Out today, BERRIES have revealed the thought-provoking video for latest single: “We Are Machines” — taken from their forthcoming debut LP ‘How We Function’ (out 8 July 2022).
The track which was John Kennedy’s Hot New One on his Friday X-posure show on Radio X is now coupled with raucous live performance scenes in their exhilarating new video. Recorded against a staunch and clinical white backdrop interspersed amongst hectic shots of central London, it chimes with a string of UK headline shows BERRIES are pleased to announce for this October.
WATCH THE “WE ARE MACHINES” VIDEO HERE || PRE-ORDER ‘HOW WE FUNCTION’ HERE
Just as they head out to Germany to support The Subways, the band have also announced that they will be bringing their spiky blend of gritty garage rock and evocative lyrics to headline venues across the UK in the Autumn. The live run will see BERRIES stop off in Nottingham, Bristol, Hull, Leeds, Manchester and London to celebrate the release of their debut album ‘How We Function’.
Plucked from the forthcoming record, latest single “We Are Machines” sees the trio once more tackle a hard-hitting theme head on with a razor-sharp blend of fuzzy guitars, driving riffs and gritty rock melodies.
Tracing the thread of guttural garage-rock that ran through earlier single “Wall of Noise” — but lacing it with a more infectious sort of optimism — “We Are Machines” blends jagged noise-driven instrumentals with a rhythmic guitar riff and catchy, convulsing melodies that wriggle in the head long after the track has come to a close. The track itself grapples with the struggles we as humans face in a society hell-bent on dehumanising individuals.
As BERRIES explain:
“It is a song about struggling in a demanding society and being exploited by people who have little empathy or concern for your well-being. The song touches on how we are forced to become machines, trying to maintain an impossible level of perfection and how we need to fight against this. Admitting we are only human and finding the strength to stand up and push for balance and rights. In turn, becoming a different type of machine.”
With its expert alloy of barbed guitar lines, polished yet anarchic and densely layered rhythms and melodious vocals, “We Are Machines” is a skillful second glimpse into the band’s first full-length ‘How We Function’ — an album ostensibly about mental health struggles and the resounding empowerment of overcoming and learning to live thoroughly with them.
Having sieved the last four years of their lives through tight, crunchy guitar lines and puncturing rhythmic patterns, ‘How We Function’ explores the band’s musical and emotional DNA revealing what it takes to not only overcome personal problems but set yourselves down a path to being truly independent in sound, ambition, heart and mind. “We really couldn’t have put more into it,” adds Holly, “we are so proud of the end result.”
Full live dates and details below.
BERRIES – UK DATES
July
8 – 2000Trees Festival
31 – Kendal Calling
September
17th – Lost Evenings V Festival in Berlin
October
19 – Nottingham, Bodega
20 – Bristol, Mr Wolf’s
21 – Hull, The Adelphi
22 – Leeds, Santiago Bar
25 – Manchester, Gulliver’s
26 – London, Oslo
November
9 – Newcastle, Cluny *
10 – Glasgow, Drygate *
11 – Sheffield, Leadmill *
12 – Manchester, Gorilla *
23 – Oxford, O2 Academy 2 *
24 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 2 *
25 – Bournemouth, Old Fire Station *
26 – London, Islington Assembly Hall *
* w/ Jim Bob
