{"id":39411,"date":"2023-05-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39411"},"modified":"2023-04-30T09:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:27:07","slug":"shelf-lives-confront-the-crisis-of-masculinity-on-all-the-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39411","title":{"rendered":"Shelf Lives confront ‘the crisis of masculinity’ on \u2018All The Problems\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rising electro-punk two-piece Shelf Lives have released new single All The Problems<\/em> – which will feature on a new EP due for release this autumn. The new single follows NME<\/a> describing the duo as “the extroverted electro-punk duo we need right now”<\/em>, and their recent stint across the UK in support of Cardiff band Panic Shack. All The Problems<\/em> arrives ahead of a busy spring and summer of festival appearances at Liverpool Sound City, The Great Escape, Glastonbury, London Calling, FOCUS Wales, S\u0175n Festival and more. Full live dates listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-produced by SPACE (Do Nothing, IDLES), All The Problems<\/em> confronts the crisis of masculinity with one of Shelf Lives’ most gentle, melodic choruses. \u201cTell me something you like about yourself<\/em>,\u201d the duo sing softly in unison, evoking a question therapists often ask and most people can\u2019t answer. Seeking the reasons behind male rage, the track balances extreme acts of violence with the jarringly passive way the wider world processes them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking more on the release of the new single, the duo said:\u00a0“To be vague about it, \u201cAll the Problems\u201d is a casual chat about the suppression of emotions, specifically among those who identify as males and what it could lead to as a result. The track goes through the motions of seeking a reason behind the resulting rage and offsets extreme, sometimes violent, acts with the World’s passive and unsettling way of dealing with them. There’s nothing casual about the topic and events itself, yet, socially we’ve reached a ridiculous, dangerous place where we feel like in order to survive we need to be. Essentially, so we can… “get on with our day”.”<\/em> Watch the video via YouTube below or listen by other means here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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