‘Humongous’ is an apt title for a song that sees Declan McKenna launching himself into an ear-wormy chorus, hard-hitting percussion and inescapable guitar riffs. Speaking about the track, the young musician tells us that “This was the last song I wrote for the record, not to pick a favourite child but I think this might be, definitely a step in the direction I’m heading in, I love big powerful choruses that you can just scream, and I wanted this to be one of those.” Big and powerful it is, especially in the latter half when that melody transforms into trippy, electronic percussion, accentuating the surrealist visuals directed by Taz Tron Delix. As McKenna has demonstrated so many times before, his songwriting always comes back to subjects of youth culture, politics and social media and it might take a few views of ‘Humongous’ to catch all the references. On the verge of a UK festival tour, with sets scheduled at Glastonbury, Latitude, TRNSMT and Reading and Leeds, this track is sure to send current fans wild and win over many new listeners as McKenna shows us what the future could sound like. - HT