{"id":34557,"date":"2020-07-08T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34557"},"modified":"2020-07-06T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T18:38:32","slug":"i-like-trains-share-dig-in-single-propaganda-inspired-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34557","title":{"rendered":"I LIKE TRAINS share \u2018Dig In\u2019 single + propaganda-inspired video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leeds-based band\u00a0I LIKE TRAINS\u00a0continue their expository musical diatribe against the powers-that-be in their new single\u00a0<em>Dig In<\/em>. It\u2019s the second single  lifted from their forthcoming hard-hitting <a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/ilt_kompromat\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u2018<\/strong>KOMPROMAT<strong>\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0album, slated for release\u00a0on August 21\u00a0via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schubertmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schubert Music<\/a>\u2019s newly founded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/atlanticcurve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlantic Curve<\/a>\u00a0label. Check out the video for <em>Dig In<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their fourth studio album deals with the thorny subject of information; how we consume it, how we process it and how our personal data can be used for political and financial gain. <em>Dig In<\/em> sees the band turn their ire towards the campaign managers and \u2018special advisors\u2019 who manoeuvre their people into positions of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fLadzWzj0uI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>This one is for those morally bankrupt schemers who have managed to leverage extraordinary power and wealth while never being on the ballot. For a job that would serve them best by working in the shadows, it\u2019s incredible to see how their egos have landed them all in hot water. They can\u2019t seem to help themselves, and yet somehow they manage to worm their way out of any real justice by calling in favours and laying low until it all blows over,&#8221;<\/em> says vocalist\u00a0David Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dig In<\/em> follows lead single <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QjyR2V5dDLg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Truth<\/em><\/a>, an instinctive gut reaction to a world that has changed beyond all recognition. The track is accompanied by a nightmarish d\u00e9coup\u00e9 style video by co-conspirator\u00a0Michael Connolly, a Leeds-born artist and designer, who also created the video for <em>The Truth<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re watching the liars lie. They know that we know they are lying but there\u2019s nothing we can do about it. And they know this. No one knows what happens next. The video for \u2018Dig In\u2019 certainly lives in the same disorientating world as my film for \u2018The Truth\u2019, but I wanted to bring a holiday promo feel to proceedings. Except you aren\u2019t going on holiday,&#8221;<\/em> says\u00a0Michael Connolly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the band\u2019s first record since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iliketrains.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-shallows\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The Shallows\u2019<\/a> (2012), which focused on how the internet and smart technology is re-wiring the human mind and affecting our concentration spans. With \u2018KOMPROMAT\u2019, it\u2019s clear that this same technology, in the wrong hands, has taken an even more sinister turn. The game has changed \u2013 and I LIKE TRAINS have changed with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in 2004, I LIKE TRAINS is\u00a0David Martin\u00a0(vocals\/guitar),\u00a0Alistair Bowis\u00a0(bass),\u00a0Guy Bannister\u00a0(guitar\/synths),\u00a0Simon Fogal\u00a0(drums) and\u00a0Ian Jarrold\u00a0(guitar). They have never shied away from confronting the possibility of humanity\u2019s collapse. Earlier records, like the towering Godspeed-influenced\u00a0\u2018Progress Reform\u2019\u00a0(2006) and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iliketrains.bandcamp.com\/album\/elegies-to-lessons-learnt\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iliketrains.bandcamp.com\/album\/elegies-to-lessons-learnt\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elegies to Lessons Learnt\u2019<\/a> (2007) took tales of tragic characters and events from history and applied them to the modern day, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iliketrains.bandcamp.com\/album\/he-who-saw-the-deep\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u2018<\/strong>He Who Saw The Deep\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(2010) looked uneasily ahead to the climate change battle we are on the verge of losing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While \u2018KOMPROMAT\u2019 sounds like none of those records, it contains DNA from all of them. I LIKE TRAINS has gone back to go forwards in some ways, returning to some of the primary influences that inspired the band\u2019s formation: Joy Division, The Birthday Party, Gang of Four, Television and The Velvet Underground.&nbsp;This is a record that digs beneath populism\u2019s rise, from the divide and conquer tactics that caused Brexit in the UK, to Trump\u2019s ascent in America and the subsequent reign of lies and misinformation, to discover the grubby hands that have engineered it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>We didn\u2019t set out to write a record about current affairs, but the path we set out on converged drastically with that daily discourse. The album inadvertently became about populist politics across the world. Brexit, Trump, Cambridge Analytics and covert Russian influence ended up at the centre of it all,&#8221; <\/em>says\u00a0David Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, Martin started writing about low-key, insidious intrusions on our privacy. As global events unfolded, however, so did the importance of those themes: the perception of what is true and what isn\u2019t true being challenged on a daily basis and how that confusion could be used to manipulate populations into thinking and voting in certain ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/E60343B8-F0B9-4B2C-BA93-83E69567B1BE.jpeg?resize=574%2C574\" alt=\"I LIKE TRAINS KOMPROMAT cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-34559\" width=\"574\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/E60343B8-F0B9-4B2C-BA93-83E69567B1BE.jpeg?w=425 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/E60343B8-F0B9-4B2C-BA93-83E69567B1BE.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/E60343B8-F0B9-4B2C-BA93-83E69567B1BE.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018KOMPROMAT\u2019<\/strong> <strong>track list<\/strong><br>1. A Steady Hand<br>2. Desire Is A Mess<br>3. Dig In<br>4. PRISM<br>5. Patience Is A Virtue<br>6. Man of Conviction<br>7. New Geography<br>8. The Truth<br>9. Eyes to the Left (ft. Anika)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dig In<\/em> is now available across digital platforms. \u2018KOMPROMAT\u2019 will be released\u00a0on August 21\u00a0on black vinyl LP, limited edition silver vinyl LP and CD, as well as digitally. It can be pre-ordered in all formats via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iliketrains.bandcamp.com\/album\/kompromat\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Leeds-based band\u00a0I LIKE TRAINS\u00a0continue their expository musical diatribe against the powers-that-be in their new single\u00a0Dig In. 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