Therapy? have premiered 'Tides', a song inspired by Andy Cairns' time living in Dublin, and which got one of its first acoustic airings in the Hot Press Storeroom.
“When I lived in Dun Laoghaire in Ireland I used to live near the harbour, and some nights I’d stay up all night to try to get inspiration for songs and I often ended up going down to the pier and just looking out at the waves," he reflects. "Later on I found out that Samuel Beckett used to get a great deal of influence from that as well… I took that low point in my life and how I managed to dig myself out of it as an inspiration.
“Originally 'Tides' was written kinda like 'Die Laughing' or 'Nowhere' off Troublegum, with a catchy Husker Du-influenced chorus, but we took a bit of influence from bands like My Bloody Valentine with the brief section of warped guitar.”
In case you're wondering, that strange looking thing is a 'cassette machine' and the things being put in it 'cassette tapes'.