Unleashed and unrestrained, lyrically-led indie giants, The Lathums return with their first new music of the year, No Direction (Listen Here), revelling in a ‘return to roots’ with a three-minute blitz of buzzsaw guitars, speaker-bursting rhythms and a fervent, from-the-heart-and-soul vocal display from singer, Alex Moore. Their first, traffic-stopping new music of 2024, the single arrives ahead of their biggest show to date, appearing at a SOLD-OUT Robin Park, Wigan, this weekend before 12,000 fans.
Pulling no punches as the band’s modern jangle pop guitar hero, Scott Concepcion plugs in and peels off a succession of wiry riffs, No Direction’s amped up sound beats a path, with help from steadfast rhythm section, drummer, Ryan ‘Duz’ Durrans and bassist, Matty Murphy, towards the band’s next live landmark. A vast outdoor show in their home town builds on the rain-soaked glory of last summer’s 8,000-strong showing at Manchester’s Castlefield Arena.
Despite experiencing the sweet taste of repeated successes, and No Direction’s muscular sound conjuring clear visions of a young band reborn, Moore’s lyrical pre-occupations continue to explore the introverted hyperreality of life as a twenty-something clutching for meaning in a confusing world.
He says: “There is no direction now but up. With time and experience I’ve learned that a bit of common sense and a clear mind is all it takes to accept my insecurities and not let them lead or consume me. What’s done is done, let the past go and spend time on becoming better. Fear and pain have no place in moving forward, they exist only as a lesson when you reach your final destination.”
In the run-up to Robin Park’s big night out, The Lathums played a run of warm-up dates across the northern United Kingdom and look forward to the rest of the summer when they play Liam Gallagher’s ‘and friends’ festival in Malta in September and join Keane to play two arena dates (OVO Hydro, Glasgow – Fri 18 Oct and Co-Op Live, Manchester – Sat 19 Oct)
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