{"id":96795,"date":"2024-08-21T19:40:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=96795"},"modified":"2024-08-21T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:40:36","slug":"bicurious-uncle-kevin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/bicurious-uncle-kevin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicurious Tease New Album on &#8216;Uncle Kevin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish duo\u00a0<strong>Bicurious<\/strong> are gearing up to release their new album,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Your Life is Over Now\u2026&#8217;<\/em> on 4th October through <strong>Big Scary Monsters<\/strong>. Having played last weekend&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>ArcTanGent Festival<\/strong>, they&#8217;ve shared a second song lifted from the record.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Uncle Kevin&#8217;<\/em> soars through a sonic wall of guitars, while lyrically maintaining the theme of family that threads <em>&#8216;Your Life is Over Now\u2026&#8217;<\/em> together.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c&#8221;Uncle Kevin\u2019 is a very emotional song, and speaks of a difficult family situation that someone very close to me has been going through since they were a child,&#8221;<\/em> explains\u00a0<strong>Bicurious<\/strong> guitarist\/vocalist Taran Plouzan\u00e9. <em>&#8220;It\u2019s something that happens to so many people, and I hope the song brings something positive to someone out there who might have gone through a similar situation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For drummer Gavin Purcell, the track has a different meaning to him.<em> \u201cThis track gets me right in the gut, especially the outro. The crescendo with the lyric &#8220;You&#8217;ll never be alone&#8221; sung throughout reminded me of the last phone call I had with my friend Hannah before she sadly passed away,&#8221;<\/em> Purcell states. <em>&#8220;The voice note at the end of this song is one I got from Hannah in relation to a funny song from a TikTok she sent me. \u2018Uncle Kevin\u2019 wasn&#8217;t written about Hannah, and it was written before she passed away, but I suppose that&#8217;s one of the great things about music &#8211; it can create different meanings for different people, and those meanings can change over time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Bicurious | Uncle Kevin [Official Music Video]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TYLZQNhYaDM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Swaying between math-rock riffs, post-rock progressions and noisy breakdowns,\u00a0<strong>Bicurious\u00a0<\/strong>formed in Dublin in 2016. Their debut full-length,\u00a0<em>&#8216;(re)constructed&#8217;<\/em> dropped five years later to critical acclaim, capturing the attention of <strong>ArcTanGent<\/strong><strong>, Portals<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>The Great Escape<\/strong> festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Its follow-up, &#8216;Your<em> Life is Over Now\u2026&#8217;<\/em>, sees Plouzan\u00e9 and Purcell join up with <strong>Big Scary Monsters Records<\/strong>.\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Bicurious\u00a0<\/strong>will<\/span>\u00a0mark its release with headline shows in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>October<br \/>\n15th Hug and Pint, Glasgow<br \/>\n16th Corporation, Sheffield<br \/>\n17th Star and Garter, Manchester<br \/>\n18th Lexington, London<br \/>\n19th Rough Trade, Bristol<br \/>\nNovember<br \/>\n21st Grand Social, Dublin<br \/>\n22nd Ulster Sports Club, Belfast<br \/>\n23rd Fred Zeppelins, Cork<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-96797\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bicurious-Your-Life-is-Over-Now-1000x1000.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bicurious-Your-Life-is-Over-Now-1000x1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bicurious-Your-Life-is-Over-Now-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bicurious-Your-Life-is-Over-Now-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bicurious-Your-Life-is-Over-Now-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bicurious-Your-Life-is-Over-Now.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1. 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