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CHERRY I THE ARSONIST

London art-rockers Cherry i have emerged with their new track, ‘The Arsonist’. It’s an unsettling, cinematic dirge centred on deep percussion and detuned guitars, with a surrealist atmosphere that fills a space between Portishead and King Krule. “Some of our band members are Ukrainian refugees, so the song became a way to process those feelings, by creating distance without losing the truth,” the band say on the track’s lyrics. “It revolves around themes of processing the trauma of war, displacement and loss. The lyrics themselves take on a more vague approach consisting of a fairytale-like reimagining of events wherein The Arsonist is this Greek god type destructive force, trapped inside a dog wreaking havoc on the streets of Kyiv.” Catch them live in London on August 31st, 2025. -Dan Peeke

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