{"id":100038,"date":"2025-08-29T21:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=100038"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:47:23","slug":"leap-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/leap-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Leap Share New Single in Aid of CALM (‘Messages’)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rising UK rockers Leap<\/b> have released a new track called ‘Messages’<\/i>. It’s the latest song to be shared from their upcoming debut album,\u00a0‘Entropy’<\/em>. It is also their most personal track, as lead vocalist Jacky (Jack Balfour Scott) pays tribute to his late father, who took his own life four years ago.<\/p>\n

“‘Messages’ is the most personal song I’ve ever written. After my dad took his own life in 2021, I was completely broken, and I used to loop old voicemails just to hear his voice, trying to piece together the last things he said like clues. I needed to create something positive out of the despair, and ‘Messages’ is my attempt at that,”<\/em> explains\u00a0Leap<\/strong>‘s vocalist. “It’s got an uplifting sense of euphoria to the sonics, which strangely makes me happy when we’re playing it, which is mental, but I guess it kind of works. Or it does for me at least.”\u00a0<\/em>Jack also commented on how drummer Hector “Heccy” Cottam lost his cousin to suicide, as well as having a close relationship with Jacky’s father.<\/p>\n

To mark the single’s release,\u00a0Leap<\/strong> have\u00a0partnered with CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably<\/a>) to raise money for their services, providing helplines and support for those in need. Their JustGiving fundraiser<\/a> sees the quartet give away three test pressings of\u00a0‘Entropy’<\/em>. The winners are announced on Monday, September 1st.<\/p>\n

The quartet smashed their goal of \u00a3500 in three hours, and have achieved more than double that since.\u00a0“It’s something that feels really close to our hearts as a band. We’ve partnered up with CALM, which is an amazing charity that gives support to people in mental distress,”<\/em> says Jacky.<\/p>\n

The track itself takes an atmospheric indie rock route, complementing\u00a0‘Messages’<\/em> cathartic lyricism.<\/p>\n