Band: Foreign Hands
Song: “Shapeless in the Dark”
Director: What’s Left Unsaid
Album: What’s Left Unsaid
Release Date: June 21st, 2024
Label: Sharptone Records
The band said of the single:
“‘Shapeless in the Dark’ is the amalgamation of our farther reaching influences. This track carries a more ‘theatric’ pace and was the result of a very experimental writing process. It carries some borrowed essences all the way from Crosses to Failure, who happened to be two artists we had on repeat at the time. We all poured lots of hard work into making this song a fully-realized entity through our own lens, and are pleased to offer it as our final single in tandem with the release of our debut LP, What’s Left Unsaid.
‘I have always found my awareness of suffering more painful than the suffering itself’ is a quote at the end of the song by Fernando Pessoa, and it explains the lyrics of ‘Shapeless in the Dark’ perfectly. It’s an existential crisis turned inside out. It’s the sum of the crippling anxiety that occurs when you’re too self-aware of your existence and surroundings. Personally, this has been an internal battle for as long as I can remember. The lyrics are purposefully dry and poetic, contradictory and consistent. It takes everything you may or may not be aware of and forces you to uncomfortably sit with it.”
Purchase/Stream:
What’s Left Unsaid track listing:
- “Resetting the Senses”
- “A Memory in Latency”
- “God Under Fingernails”
- “Laceration Wings”
- “Horror Domain”
- “Condition for a Head-On Collision” feat. Olli Appleyard (Static Dress)
- “Shapeless in the Dark”
- “Adversity’s Spitting Image”
- “Until the Sun Fades”
- “Magnetic Roses”
