THE SUBWAYS Reveal 8-Bit Animated ‘Love Waiting On You’ Video

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Their 5th album Uncertain Joys will be released 13th January 2023 via Alcopop! Records you can preorder now: https://linktr.ee/thesubways

Hertfordshire, UK indie punk favourites THE SUBWAYS are pleased to reveal the 8-bit animated video for their latest single ‘Love Waiting On You’ which is out now via Alcopop! Records.

Commenting on the gender-role-reversing video directed by animator Neil Whitman, front man Billy Lunn says: "When Neil initially presented us with the concept of the video as an 8-bit platform-style video game, our drummer Camille cleverly proposed that, given how the song is so obviously about yearning, why not instead have the rescuer and rescued gender roles reversed to change things up.”

“I saw myself as the Princess Peach character, with the love of my life (about whom the song is written) being my rescuer, fighting through the various obstacles and antagonists along the way. The sense of isolation, helplessness, and vulnerability within the song now made all the more sense to me.”

“Whilst it's not always correct to assume that one person should come to the rescue of another in a relationship, my belief in the hopelessly romantic/pathetic notion that lifelong soul mates do in fact exist is woven into the very fabric of my being. And so, when at the end of the video my rescuer realises that it is only the will to love that is required to come to my aid, as opposed to having to fight through strife, battles, and failures, I knew that Neil understood the depth of my belief in this notion.”

“Our protagonist is trapped in his virtual cell waiting for the female heroine (the princess) to come to his rescue,” adds director/animator Neil Whitman. “I had great fun designing the band members as 8-bit characters as well as designing the princess and various levels for our heroes to venture through. Setting the game in mediaeval times helped me to subvert the usual tired traditions of the prince rescuing the princess and play around with audience expectations.”

Forthcoming new album Uncertain Joys was recorded and produced by front man and producer in his own right Billy Lunn, mixed by the Grammy Award-winning Adrian Bushby (Muse, Foo Fighters, Everything Everything), and mastered by Katie Tavini (Mykki Blanco, Arlo Parks, Nadine Shah).

You can catch them live this month at VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL and also on the following dates:

September 3rd – Coventry - GODIVA FESTIVAL (UK)

September 18th – Cornwall – LOOE LIVE (UK)

Rescheduled Jan/Feb 2023 UK Headline Tour Dates:

Jan 26th - Manchester Gorilla

Jan 27th - Stoke Sugarmill

Jan 28th Sunderland Independent

Jan 29th Glasgow King Tuts

Feb 1st - Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach

Feb 2nd - London Scala

Feb 3rd - Brighton Chalk

Feb 4th - Cambridge Mash

Tickets on sale now: https://myticket.co.uk/artists/the-subways