Warpaint tell us about their “psychedelic” 20 years together and new single ‘Common Blue’

nme.com:

Warpaint have celebrated their 20th anniversary with new one-off single ‘Common Blue’. Check it out below, along with the band telling us about their two “psychedelic” two decades in rock.It was 20 years ago today (February 14) that the indie quartet first came together on Valentine’s Day on Fairfax Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Now to celebrate, they’ve shared new single ‘Common Blue’ along with a nostalgic new music video.“It feels like an accomplishment,” singer and guitarist Theresa Wayman (aka TT) told NME, reflecting on a career that has seen the Los Angeles band – also featuring singer and guitarist Emily Kokal, bassist and singer Jenny Lee Lindberg and drummer Stella Mozgawa – release four celebrated albums straddling art rock, dream pop and psychedelia.Lindberg added: “I feel like there’s so many lives lived in the last 20 years.

Different scenes, every couple of years something changes up. To look back to 2004, it feels like I’ve lived many lives. And it’s also gone by so quick too that it’s a trip, it’s psychedelic.”‘Common Blue’, their first new material since 2022’s ‘Radiate Like This’ album, finds the band back on their original UK label Rough Trade after a stint with Virgin Records.

They spoke about this reunion, their influence on rock equality and the shock of once being labelled “Satanic” by NME…Wayman: “Yeah, of true love.