Listen to The XCERTS’ new single, Blame

The XCERTS have released a brilliant new single, Blame.

Taken from their upcoming album LEARNING HOW TO LIVE AND LET GO (due out on August 18 via UNFD), frontman Murray Macleod explains that Blame is “the most quintessential XCERTS song on the new record”.

“It was important for us to look back but push the boundaries of what, in essence, is quite a simple pop song,” he says. “The majority of the new record was written in the studio, but we crafted this one in the rehearsal room and I feel like you can hear the three-piece chemistry and urgency within the recording.

“It’s a song about accountability and no longer looking for a scapegoat when things go wrong, and realising I’ve really hurt people in the past with my thoughtlessness. I was once told, ‘If you can’t spot the dickhead in the room, it’s probably you.’ I guess it’s our first (hyper) self-aware song lyrically.”

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