New Music: The Hearth And Circle Round

            

The British experimental post-punk five-piece Squid released their new album, Cowards, in February via Warp. Now they have released a brand new single, "The Hearth and Circle Round Fire." About the track: vocalist and drummer Ollie Judge had this to say about the song in a press release: "The Hearth and Circle Round Fire" is a punky tune that came together quite easily but we felt dissatisfied with that ease and decided to record it as a 15 minute jam, rip it apart and tape it back together. Lyrically, it was inspired by the dystopian worlds of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Kay Dick’s They, worlds which everyday people succumb to mass censorship and propaganda with only a small amount of people willing to fight against it.”