Only a day into their Fairly On The Web Tour, indie-rock quartet The Okay’s launch their third single of the 12 months, ‘Helen, Oh, I’ – a haunting, and emotive energy ballad that sees band frontman Jamie Boyle wrestle his demons as he tries to search out each stability, and a way of internal peace while navigating life within the quick lane.
Produced by GRAMMY Award successful musician Jim Lowe (Taylor Swift, Stereophonics, Beyoncé) and combined by Pete Hutchings (Royal Blood, Foals, Nothing However Thieves), the highly effective track serves because the third single to be launched from the bands upcoming second studio album ‘Fairly On The Web’ which is ready to drop through LAB Information later this summer season.
“‘Helen, Oh, I’ is a track I wrote reflecting a very chaotic and turbulent interval in my life,” Jamie says of the introspective observe. “Throughout this time, I discovered myself struggling to stability the calls for of a brand new discovered life on the highway whereas desperately making an attempt to take care of the soundness of my life at residence.”
“It’s no secret to anybody who is aware of me that I generally tend to lean into self-destructive behaviours or search out low-cost distractions, even when they arrive at the price of important harm as a substitute of confronting the deeper points at hand. I’d typically go for momentary escapes, letting every little thing round me unravel because of this and ‘Helen, Oh, I’ is written about my realisation of this when wanting again on issues I’ve carried out or the way in which I’ve behaved in sure conditions and realising the harm is finished and it’s too late to vary it.”
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Recognised for his or her energetic dwell performances, rousing indie anthems and deeply profound lyrics, The Okay’s are Jamie Boyle (vocals/guitar), Ryan Breslin (guitar/keyboards), Dexter Baker (bass) and Nathan Friends (drums), 4 lads from the north of England, on a mission to be one thing of a voice for individuals who discover themselves disillusioned with the trials and tribulations of contemporary life within the twenty first century.
Following the discharge of their debut album ‘I Surprise If The World Is aware of?’ – which was solely saved off the highest spot by The Libertines and Beyoncé and was the UK’s second greatest debut of 2024 – the uber proficient quartet have swiftly turn out to be one of the crucial thrilling and profitable new British bands of final 12 months.
At the moment on their UK and Eire headline tour after they kicked issues off in Belfast final evening and can be taking part in a number of dates round the remainder of the nation together with London’s iconic Roundhouse on thirteenth Might earlier than wrapping in Newcastle on twenty second Might.
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