#128
16th April 2015
Therapy? - Tides
They say: “When I lived in Dun Laoghaire in Ireland I used to live near the harbour, and some nights I’d stay up all night to try to get inspiration for songs. I often ended up going down to the pier and just looking out at the waves. Later on, I found out that Samuel Beckett used to get a great deal of influence from that as well. One of his plays ('Krapp's Last Tape') has this character sitting with a tape player, playing back audio diaries of his youth. There’s a bit where Beckett talks about getting the inspiration for his best work while standing at Dun Laoghaire harbour. So I took that low point in my life and how I managed to dig myself out of it as an inspiration. Originally it was written kind of like 'Die Laughing' or 'Nowhere off Troublegum', with a catchy chorus (influenced by Hüsker Dü), but we took a bit of influence from bands like My Bloody Valentine with the brief section of warped guitar. I think Therapy? fans who liked 'Lonely, Cryin, Only' and 'Die Laughing' will like this song.” (Andy Cairns)
We say: “In recent times Therapy? have often been rather exploratory - embracing and reflecting new sounds. With their new album ‘Disquiet’ they are for the most part, back on more familiar terrain, increasing the volume and rolling out chunky riffola over a wonderfully aggressive and punchy collection of songs. ‘Tides' illustrates that new/old vibe perfectly.”
