Brisbane alternative metal outfit The Local Romance are back with their claustrophobic new single, Ecdysis, out today, and they’ll celebrate the release with a hometown show at Tomcat Brisbane’s Halloween Party Night on Saturday 31 October. Tickets are on sale now.
Ecdysis digs into the uglier side of heartbreak; resentment, obsession, withdrawal and the emptiness that comes with finally accepting that someone you wanted to keep is no longer yours to hold onto. Dark, heavy and tense, the track mirrors the feeling of being unable to escape your own head, crafted around grinding guitars, punishing drums and an oppressive low end. It’s a song about knowing you need to move on, while being completely unwilling to let go.
“The title Ecdysis comes from the process of shedding an old layer of skin,” explains the band. “For us, that became the perfect metaphor for leaving someone behind. You don’t simply walk away from a relationship and become a new person. You rip yourself out of something that has become part of you. It hurts and leaves you exposed with no guarantee that what comes out the other side is better.”
