Find A Song addressing millennial anxiety and loneliness
Alex Bayly - Lonely Michael
Following the release of his latest single ‘I’ll Never Leave You’ which saw support from notable US site EARMILK, and DIY Magazine, for whom Bayly played a sold out single launch show at London’s Two Tribes Brewery, Alex Bayly returns with his new single ‘Lonely Michael’.
From his forthcoming debut album Ley Lines, ‘Lonely Michael’ is an upbeat British indie guitar affair. The opening harmonised loop gives way to an upbeat jangly groove, which intentionally contrasts the lyrics subject matter which address millennial anxiety and loneliness. The lyrics also reference 90s britpop songs such as the Manic Street Preachers ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’, which had an important influence on Bayly.
“Imitation body snatchers taking hold, of lonely michael, lonely michael’s in his head, it’s alright to be in your head”
This song gives an insight into the mind of Bayly at its most tumultuous with the track building to the ‘heaviest’ part of his forthcoming album with a distorted layered guitar riff coming in at three minutes, which would not be out of place from a Fugazi cut. (press release)
via Musosoup
