Future alternative metal greats Defences have released a video for their new single 'Breathe It In'. The track is taken from their upcoming album Shadowlight, due for release on 8th November via Long Branch Records.

Check out the video for 'Breathe It In' here: https://youtu.be/vMt9cYExSOk

Stream the single and pre-orderShadowlighthere: https://defences.lnk.to/shadowlight
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The band comment:

"'Breathe It In' was one of the very first tracks we started on this record and it shows in its message. Far from the contemplative and collected tone struck on later songs like 'Silence & The Sound' and 'Shadowlight', this song is about taking the first step on the road to self-acceptance, or even realising that a step needs to be taken in the first place. It is all too easy to wonder about what could have been or ruminate on how we wish our lives were, and the first step to peace of mind is to recognise and call out this vicious cycle as it’s happening. Once we struck on this idea of taking a step, we came up with the marching, rhythmic sound of the chorus to represent this process. We also felt it was important to not end this song on a resolved, symmetrical note; it was crucial for us to convey a feeling that the end of the song asked a question about the future of what this introspective journey holds, rather than answering it."

Following their tour with Swarm6ix last month, Defences have announced an album release show in London and a UK headline tour for 2025.

Upcoming live dates:

2024
Nov 09: London Camden Assembly (Album Release Show)
Dec 07: Brighton Hammerdown Winter Militia

2025
Jan 29: Glasgow Nice N Sleazy (w/ Crushed By Waves)
Jan 30: Newcastle Zerox (w/ Crushed By Waves)
Jan 31: Manchester Lions Den (w/ Crushed By Waves)
Feb 01: Nottingham Billy Bootleggers (w/ Crushed By Waves)
Feb 02: Leeds Packhorse (w/ Crushed By Waves)
Mar 01: Cardiff Fuel

With strong support in the form of millions of streams across their catalogue of releases, many UK tours with multiple sell-out headline shows, not to mention numerous festival appearances including Download, Takedown, Turbulence and Burn It Down - the band from Hertfordshire, UK, now present their label debut for Long Branch Records.

Defences comment on the album: “Shadowlight stems from a period of solitude and deep reflection, as we explore what it means to accept your inner darkness. Acknowledging, understanding and ultimately accepting it for what it is, learning how to sit with it or use it to change your outlook. The album sees all sides of this, tying in the parallel of the artistic process itself and what it is to create. To open yourself up to the possibility that you may not achieve what you believe in your core to be something you deserve, that you may not reach your potential. This cycle of disappointment and self-sabotage is commonplace, with nothing left but to chase a sense of absolution and validation forever out of reach."

Defences are:

Cherry Duesbury - Vocals
William Young - Keys, Vocals
Calum Wilmot - Guitar
Owen Hughes-Holland - Bass
Kyle Parke - Drums

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UK alt-metal unit Defences release video for new single 'Breathe It In'

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