The Pigeon Detectives Share New Single ‘Summer Girl’
British band The Pigeon Detectives share their new single Summer Girl, the latest single to be taken from their long-awaited sixth album, TV Show, set to arrive on July 7th via Dance To The Radio.
Capturing more of that euphoric indie-rock energy they have projected so far, Summer Girl is one of the more personal offerings of the album, as it is inspired by the difficult lockdown situation frontman Matt Bowman and his wife found themselves in. I am really enjoying how the soaring textures of the song contrast with the darker tale within the lyrics, creating quite an upbeat atmosphere. I am also very fond of the passionate vocal delivery and how it is backed by soaring guitar lines seamlessly paired with punchy drums and lush synths that together create a high-energy atmosphere. Check it out below!
Adding about the inspiration behind Summer Girl, Bowman explained,
I wrote this song about me and my wife’s lock down experience. She’d recently had a kidney transplant and couldn’t leave the house for fear of death! For a year the closest she came to the outside world was smoking out of the window of our house (blowing out the window) and I really don’t know how she coped. The situation also took a toll on me and at times I felt like I couldn’t breathe, resorting to periods of self-medicating to cope, which is covered in the second verse of the song. The main line of the chorus ‘Summer Girl’ is my shoutout to my wife as she hadn’t left the house for over 12 months and then plucked up the courage to go to Leeds Festival (in the summer!) and start to rebuild her confidence and enjoy life again. The Euphoric ‘Summer Girl’ section at the end is tribute to how proud I was of her for surviving lock down and she really was my Summer Girl that year.