Mullingar band The Academic dropped a new single ‘My Very Best’, the latest single to be released ahead of their their forthcoming album and EMI debut Sitting Pretty, which is released February 10th.
‘My Very Best’ is a fun slice of ’80s indie power-pop, with the band’s heartfelt sentiment underscored by a video featuring footage from the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival.
“My Very Best is a song about coming up short. We wanted to write something that could encapsulate the heavy heartedness and cruelty of feeling like you can’t emotionally provide a relationship with what it needs to survive. The song explores the inner turmoil and feelings of inadequacy this realisation can bring.”
The song was produced by Nick Hodgson (Mark Ronson, Dua Lipa) at London’s Snap Studios.
Sitting Pretty is an album about navigating life in your 20s; the uncertainties and the ever-shifting sense of self.
“It’s about the entrance into true adulthood and how that can alienate you from yourself, making you feel like you’re playing a supporting role in your own life. In one moment feeling 100% certain about everything, only to become overwhelmed with feelings of aimlessness and lack of direction in the next.”
The Academic Live:
UK dates
10th February – Glasgow, Barrowlands
11th February – Manchester, Albert Hall
23rd February – Birmingham, O2 Institute
24th February – London, Shepherds Bush Empire
EU dates
27th February – Hamburg, Molotow Musikclub
28th February – Berlin, Pratchwerk
1st March – Munich, Orange House
3rd March – Paris, La Boule Noire
4th March – Amsterdam, Bitterzoet
5th March – Brussels, Botanique Witloofbar
6th March – Cologne, Helios 37
The Academic online:
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TRACKLISTING
- Pushing Up Daisies
- Don’t Take It Personally
- What’s Wrong With Me
- My Very Best
- This Is Your Life
- Homesick
- Heartbreak’s Where It’s At
- Do What You Want
- Step My Way
- Let Go Of My Heart
- Right Where You Left Me
- Rain
- Buying Smokes
