Of Concrete Gods released the latest track from their upcoming EP on 19th September and are premiering the video on ERB.
Watch the video exclusively below.
Speaking of the track, the band state: “Diatribes and Disappointment was the first song we ever wrote, all the way back in 2018 when we were still forming the band and our sound.
“It’s been through a number of iterations over the years, as we’ve tweaked the song and adopted our style in a more grungy direction. But the track has always had that feeling of Stone Temple Pilots and Stone Sour.”
“It’s also one of our darker songs lyrically, which the artwork and the video definitely lean into. I touch on suicidal ideation and the idea of never really being enough, which blends into some of the overall themes of our material so far. The melody attempts to counter that though, by being as upbeat as possible in the choruses”
Diatribes and Disappointment is their latest track to be released from their upcoming EP The Art of Suffering which is due to be released in November. Speaking of the EP, the band state: “This our third EP, and it follows on the thematic journey from the previous two. If the Hurt EP was about internal pain and the depressive spiral down to rock bottom, and the Trauma EP was about trying to dig out of that depressive pit… then this Suffering EP is about the anger of finding out that you’ve completed that journey and yet it feels like nothing has changed.”
“The concept of anger runs through all of the tracks, from righteous anger at the state of the world and its people, to unnecessary anger at people you love, to unhealthy anger and yourself. It is an exercise in dealing with the art of suffering, in all the worst ways. And the realisation that you need to deal with life in a better, more healthy way.”
“Musically this EP feels like our most complete work yet – we had to write and record the Hurt EP in chunks due to Covid and health issues in the band, and we had to write and record the Trauma EP without our drummer for the same reasons. This new EP was written as a purposeful five songs all together, and then we entered Signal House Studios last summer for a ten day stretch where all the tracking was done. The EP feels more round and more complete because of this, and we feel it comfortably straddles the line between some of our heaviest work, and our more acoustic-flavoured leanings.”
