That’s right! Your favorite alternative band came out with a new single. 

By Lily Brooks

The new single ‘Up Granville’, released on October 1st, is described by lead singer Neil Smith as such: “This song is about living alone for the first time in my life. Being stuck in my small studio apartment during Vancouver’s rainy winter and wallowing in the loneliness of it”. Though the melody and instruments produce an upbeat song, the lyrics have deeper meanings. Lyrics from the song such as ‘Having ordinary company that leaves you dry,’ and, ‘When you're sat inside, whipping up your lines about destroying, like you could only care for the bitter end of it again,’ tackle the themes of depression and trying to escape unwanted emotions.  It stays in touch with Peach Pit’s original easy and breezy sound with a focus on guitars and lyricist. It was accompanied with a music video as well. The video portrayed the group in different conversations, some that left them feeling empty or fulfilled, tying back in the theme in the single of feeling lonely in a crowd. The narrative follows them on what seems like a road trip. It mostly shows them sitting and talking, in rows of trees, by the river, through fences, on their house’s front steps. 

Peach Pit released their last album, You and Your Friends, only last year, but now they are releasing singles from a possible third album. Peach Pit has the kind of songs that make you feel like you're taking a road trip, sitting around a campfire, or as Spotify describes it “a close friend telling you a story”.