Fair Do’s Share “Love & Light” On New Single

Northern melodic hardcore group Fair Do’s have returned with their blistering new single Love & Light, the track is the second taste of their heavier, mature sound; intertwining harder metal influences into their signature technical, melodic style. 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.

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.

“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)

Love & Light can be streamed and purchased here