Alternative three-piece The XCERTS today announce their new album Learning How To Live and Let Go out August 18 via UNFD. The announcement comes alongside the release of new single Jealousy.
Learning How To Live and Let Go is the band’s 5th studio album to date and marks their long-awaited return. The band, who have released two tracks this year so far – GIMME and Ache featuring Sam Carter – are entering a new era, evolving to a more production heavy output, adding a wider range of influences to their arsenal and gaining the confidence to move on from the sound they’ve cultivated over the previous four albums.
“The album is rooted in drama, ego, love, lust, despair, alcohol, euphoria, anxiety, comedy, modern living, sex and friendship but the overarching theme is that of acceptance. I was involved in a prolonged toxic relationship and the fallout from that when it came to a head, led me to indulge in a pretty fuzzed out lifestyle to deafen the noise in my head. Don’t get me wrong, I had a blast at times but breaking point wasn’t enough, I needed more of the unhealthy and as many recreational distractions as I could get,” XCERTS frontman Murray Macleod stated.
He continued, “When I kind of came to after this period in my life, I didn’t walk away from it with a huge Hollywood-esq epiphany, I just felt somewhat quietly healed. The album isn’t about letting go of one person, relationship or situation in particular, it’s about learning how to live without feeling like a prisoner in your own skin and learning how to let go of the parts of you that cling on desperately, only to simmer and hurt. Don’t get me wrong, I’m deeply flawed but self acceptance and letting life ride is my key to finding inner peace and that exists somewhere between calm and chaos…maybe?”
