First Listen: Yungblud channels the pop-punk greats and throws himself one final party in The Funeral

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Say what you want about Yungblud, but he seems to be planning for the future on his new single, The Funeral. The first taste of Dominic Harrison's third studio album (and his first solo material since last year's Fleabag), The Funeral takes its cues from the pop-punk greats that came before.

It's a messy, noisy ruckus of a single. Settling between the precise points of euphoria and anger necessary to actually throw your own wake.  "I've been dancing at my funeral," goes the full-pelt pop chorus of the track. "But nobody came, what a shame shame shame..." The song was co-written and produced by Yungblud himself, along with Jordan Brasco Gable and Jake Torey and producer Chris Greatti  (Grimes, Poppy, Slayyyter).

It's a song about raging against the world (and yourself) as the end times approach. Weirdly, it's also about learning to love yourself...before it's too late. "My hair fell out because I dyed it cheap...I want a real fake smile but I hate my teeth," Yungblud rattles along in the second verse, when really, the song is held together by this mantra: "I love myself but that's alright.

I hate myself, but that's alright."  Of course, it's initial influences are clear to see; whether they be the heavy-rock guitars which remind you of Fall Out Boy (Sugar We're Going Down and I Don't Care specifically) or Black Parade-era My Chemical Romance, we also hear the tight, pop melodies that harken back to Miley Cyrus' underrated Plastic Hearts album, or indeed Avril Lavigne's latest return to form, Love Sux.