Declan Welsh & The Decadent West 2 Vinyl LP 2023

Tracklist:

1. Mercy
2. King of My Head
3. Come Outside
4. OK Now
5. I Don't Know Why
6. First To Know
7. Doing Great
8. 100 to 1 (Saturday Night)
9. Hardly News
10. The Comedian

Glasgow indie specialists Declan Welsh & The Decadent West announce eagerly anticipated second record ‘2’, arriving October 27th via Frictionless Music.

Recorded between Los Angeles and Glasgow throughout the previous twelve months, the band’s upcoming LP offers a distinct shift from the taut alternative rock that saw them gather a fervent fan base across Scotland, the rest of the UK, Europe and the Americas – signalling a band with ambitions far beyond what they’ve already achieved.

Encapsulating a band with expanded horizons, harnessing a broad scope of influence from ‘In Rainbows’ era Radiohead, to the New Romantic electronic soaked music of the 1980’s, the album was written and demoed entirely from Welsh’s bedroom and showcases their natural transition in sound, whilst retaining the acerbic lyricism and melodic focus present on their earlier work.

Detailing their newest effort, Welsh explained: “The lyrics are about kidding yourself that you’re in control. I’m the King of My Head, tell me who would rule instead? Cos see when your head’s working against you, you think to yourself sometimes – this is me. I’m doing this. I can stop this. I can think my way out of feeling this way. But the tool you have to fix the problem is the same one that causes it. Like fixing a hole in the wall with a hammer”.