Ahead of their upcoming LP Remorseless Swing on Specialist Subject, Don’t Worry have unveiled a brand new single, ‘Every Corner’. We’ve described previously how recent singles show a band charting new directions for their sound, and the latest is no exception. Taking inspiration from late-90s/early-00s US indie, in particular The Bonedaddys’ ‘Waterslide’, the track uses melodies and harmonies to give that turn of the century shine, and further digs into the period with references to the blockbusters of the time in the choruses.
The result is undoubtedly playful (“You said that you’d never seen Mary Harron’s year 2000 horror comedy starring Christian Bale…” goes the first chorus. “Better put that on now”), though beneath this lies something more disturbing. The corners of rooms are haunted by spiders, the corners of mouths by painful ulcers. The home, and even the body, are not quite safe. There is no place in which to retreat. “I wrote [‘Every Corner’] in one sitting during the first lockdown in 2020,” explains lead Ronan Van Kehoe. “Not being able to go out and see people was driving me crazy. I was having trouble sleeping one night, and all the lyrics just came in one go.”
I’m feeling pretty queasy now and I don’t know how
But there’s an ulcer in every corner of my mouth
It’s like I can’t unwind
It’s difficult to find a quiet place in any corner of my mind
