Irish three-piece Spearside have released their new single, Not Up to Much, the follow-up to previous singles Bus Stop and Crack in Your Brain.
Speaking about the new song, the band's guitarist and singer Oisín Walsh says, "When the musical backdrop is major key and up-beat, it can offer some extra license to explore darker lyrics without the song feeling too laborious.
"Not Up to Much is about someone revelling in their descent into nihilism. I tend not to write with a conscious lyrical idea or theme in mind so after I wrote the song it took a long time for me to realise how sinister Not Up to Much really is."
He adds, "The character in the lyrics takes the tragedy of their life, their apathy, their social isolation, and uses it as an excuse to give up, blame others, and crack a wry smile while they do it.
"The meaning of the song is all in the last two lines, when the character ironically says, 'I don’t care because no one does, looks like I’m just not up to much’."
Spearside play: Saturday 11 March, Whelan’s of Dublin (upstairs). Friday 17 March, Whelan’s of Dublin (main room).
