Fair Do’s Reveal Lyric Video For New Single “Love & Light”

Love & Light is their second new single from Fair Do’s that follows hot on the heels of Casket, which was was released in June. These are their first new songs since the success of their debut album, Leopards, which was launched via Lockjaw Records in 2018. In contrast to its rosy title, Love & Light revels in the despair of self-destruction, and of humanity’s decimation of the environment we rely on to survive. These two themes run parallel in the song’s lyrics and its complex, hardcore instrumentation.

Displaying a mastery of contrasting genres, Fair Do’s flirt with screeching hardcore in the song’s introduction and chorus, before surfacing in uplifting, melodic sections of technical guitar work. Dual guitars fight to be clean or overdriven, whilst in the dual vocals rage and despair battle against clarity and hope. Love & Light is a song of duality: making a mistake and regretting it, but being unable to stop the destructive behaviour. This release is the band’s second in North America with Thousand Islands Records (CA) and a continued relationship with Lockjaw Records (UK).

“The little birdie [in the lyrics] is a reference to the world’s habitats, which are being destroyed by the hands of humans all the time. The bird also represents something within us all: an innocence that is inevitably destroyed through our own actions, like existing in a declining state that’s made worse by abusing drugs or alcohol, etc. We know how bad things are but we still engage in it – going out and drinking too much, staying up late playing video games, or arguing with our friends in kitchens. All these moments and choices get weirder and more problematic over time, but we still do them.” (lyricist and bassist, Josh Sumner)

You can stream and purchase Love & Light here