The Feeder has shared a second preview from their upcoming album Torpedo with a storming new track entitled “Magpie”.
The song originally started life out on an acoustic. The new single is in your face from the start, driven throughout by hard-hitting riffs and hypnotic vocals. There is a real grunge rock meets prog-rock feel to this latest release.
The track is also set to be released on the band’s 11th studio album which was announced last month. It follows on from 2019 record Tallulah and drops on March 18, 2022, via Big Teeth Music. You can hear the new track below.
Frontman Grant Nicholas Discussing “Magpie”, stated to NME “I first wrote the riff to “Magpie” at home during lockdown on my Gibson J45 acoustic. I had an almost heavy dance groove idea in my head when writing it and also when approaching the production, and how to capture this feeling and sound.”
“The lyrics were mainly written on my daily walks and runs to Finsbury Park during lockdown. It was a very observational process for me and mentions my childhood superstition for Magpie birds that I had spotted every day.”
Nicholas then went on to say “The song’s chorus touches on the frustration that I think we all feel, and especially felt at that time, about the future in general. It also addresses the impact social media and how it can affect peoples’ belief, dreams and mental wellbeing.”
“We are all kind of servants to the system in some way and our own feelings and emotions – it’s just how each person deals with them in their own way. It’s definitely one of my favourite tracks on the Torpedo album and was fun to write and record some big riffs.”
The band are then set to tour the album Torpedo next year, with dates beginning in Bexhill on April 23. The tour will then run into May and finish with a massive London gig at Brixton Academy on May 6. You can view the tour dates below.
The Feeder Tour Dates:
04/23/22 De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill
04/24 Academy – Oxford
04/26 Guildhall – Southampton
04/27 Academy – Bristol
04/29 Academy – Manchester
04/30 Barrowlands – Glasgow
05/02 University – Newcastle
05/03 Rock City – Nottingham
05/05 Institute – Birmingham
05/06 Brixton Academy – London
