Asylums Reveal New Single & Video “Understanding The Psychology”

Southend, UK’s Asylums have returned with their soaring new power pop single, Understand The Psychology. The cut arrives as the follow-up to their recent critically acclaimed comeback singles, Crypto Klepto and Scatterbrain, all of which will feature on their keenly awaited forthcoming album, Signs Of Life, that will be released on the 14th October via Cool Thing Records.

Asylums have always had an emotive dimension to their frantic rock sound. On Understand The Psychology they capture the melodic urgency of 90’s its such as The Wannadies and Ash and fuse it with the disenfranchised longing of The Replacements and Hüsker Dü. Throw it all together, and the results make for an uplifting, impassioned adrenaline rush; further evidencing a band at the top of their game. Arriving with an video directed friend of the band JJ Eringa, the accompanying visuals for Understand The Psychology draw inspiration from Terry Gilliam‘s Monty’s Python animations and feature exclusive footage of the band recording at Rockfield Studios interspersed with their storming recent performance on the Glastonbury Leftfield Stage in 2022.  

The world has changed, Asylums have changed…but one thing remains valid, making music is still an essential craft and serves as creative medicine for many musicians and listeners alike. Alongside their work as a band, Asylums have helped to nurture a roster of equally creative individuals with their Cool Thing Records label team. Putting out amazing records by the likes of BLAB, A Cause In Distress and many more, whilst still finding time to run a bi-weekly arts advocacy radio show called Cool Thing Presents which airs in London and New York on the Culture Channel of Soho Radio. While Signs of Life for an Asylums UK tour are yet to be detected, the Essex band have confirmed they will play a one-off show at Rough Trade East on the 29th October following the release of their latest album.