Midwich Cuckoos Share “The Ballad of Tanzy Velayne” From Upcoming Glory EP

The Midwich Cuckoos have revealed the video for their new single, The Ballad of Tanzy Velayne, the track is the latest to be taken from forthcoming new EP, Glory, that will be released on the 23rd February. The Glory EP forms the second and final part of their new album Death or Glory, which will be released physically on 8th April via Onslaught Music. When the idea came about to build the new Midwich Cuckoos album around a central narrative, it didn’t take long for the concept of ‘the fall and rise of Tanzy Velanye’ to gather some momentum amongst the band members, with their latest single an ode to accepting your past mistakes, forgiving yourself and changing for the better.

“The song has an uncanny resemblance to personal experiences that I have gone through. The concept of the Rise and Fall for me is basically about how Tanzy, myself, can be quite self-destructive, cold and a tad evil at times, having spent a considerable part of her life making poor choices. Perhaps she refers to these dark choices as the DeeDee of The Band… DeeDee being the evil force, the devil on your shoulder telling you that the wrong things are right. Although you can never change the past, you can always make for a better future, or maybe it’s just a case of embracing the dark side, accepting yourself with your flaws and letting go of your guilt. The struggle is hard but if you keep fighting you will eventually get there or at least inspire others to do better. Although you can never change the past, you can always make for a better future, or maybe it’s just a case of embracing the dark side, accepting yourself with your flaws and letting go of your guilt. It takes more power to do good, to do good we sometimes have to sacrifice some parts of ourselves and be selfless at times. There are points in all our lives where we make the wrong choices, and in hindsight, we realise that was not for the benefit of anybody, including ourselves. I think a truly evil person has no sense of guilt, and I think if you do have a sense of guilt you have a conscience.”” (Tanzy Velayne)

You can stream and purchase The Ballad of Tanzy Velayne here