Waterparks share infectious new single ‘FUNERAL GREY’
nme.comWaterparks are back with their first new music in almost a year, dropping the infectious single ‘FUNERAL GREY’ – listen below.The Texas trio have been teasing their return since the beginning of the year.
In February, they shared an update on their fifth studio album, the follow-up to last year’s ‘Greatest Hits’, teasing that it was “80 per cent done”.They then teased that if ‘Greatest Hits’ was “an indoor nighttime album”, the new record would be “an outdoor daytime album”.
They also hinted at an imminent single release, writing in a note: “Probably need to let you hear something soon huh?”Waterparks – comprising Awsten Knight, Geoff Wigington and Otto Wood – have signed with Fueled By Ramen, following their departure from 300 Entertainment; ‘FUNERAL GREY’ is their first track for the iconic alternative label.“And then she walked away/ I didn’t get her name/ I can’t explain the look on her face/ She wore a sweater in summer weather, yeah,” Knight sings on the bouncy, guitar-led track.“She wore a sweater, it was funeral grey/ And now it’s killing me/ I just want you to be my next mistake that I’m gonna make/ She wore a sweater in summer weather, yeah/ She wore a sweater, it was funeral grey.”‘FUNERAL GREY’ comes with a video directed by Knight and Erik Rojas.
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