0171 continue to subvert pop norms with new single "Photograph"

0171 release new single "Photograph" –– New EP ‘Change Nothing’ out August 14th

Photo credit: William Spooner  WATCH, "Photograph": YouTube SoundCloud Spotify "Pure nostalgic euphoria…spellbinding" Noisey/VICE "A Glass Candy-esque piece of seductive electronic pop" The FADER "An uplifting piece of forward-thinking pop, if 100 gecs hadn't been so intent on making music that'll guarantee to give you a noise complaint, and leant more toward family-friendly futuristic bops" DIY Magazine "Bright, glitchy melodies frolic across a rippling, tropical percussion for a sound synonymous with contemporaries like Kero Kero Bonito and Rina Sawayama" The Line Of Best Fit "Futuristic pop music about intimacy and the internet." i-D "A tantalisingly good debut" The Times ⚬ Hackney, London based duo 0171 today release their new single "Photograph", the third track to be shared from upcoming EP 'Change Nothing'. Widely praised for their futuristic, experimental approach to electronic pop, the new single follows the previously released singles “Automatic” and "Follow". Consisting of producers/singers Joe Bedell-Brill and Georgie Hoare, 0171 are breaking down societal conundrums and complexities; all played out to a backdrop of innovative, technology-warped pop. "Photograph" pushes those musical boundaries further once more. Aligning with contemporaries including Rina Sawayama, Kero Kero Bonito and 100 gecs, Joe and Georgie knit together soaring string sections with jittering percussion and ghostly electronics, with the duo singing about empty nostalgia: "make me unsure and small / ghost of my memory". “Photograph is inspired by looking at a photo of an ex," the band said. "A photo that records a moment when everything seemed perfect, but now it’s a lie, and it makes you feel strange, like you can’t really remember who you were in that photo, when you loved that person. Like a life that never happened. We’ve all picked up old photos like that we find in our bedroom, that make you sit down and feel sad for a time that is lost, even if you don’t regret the relationship ending. I’m (Joe) definitely someone who spends a lot of time thinking about my past, and the feelings that I’ll never get back. Georgie’s there in this song to tell me to get over it ffs.”  Once again channelling the pop music the pair grew up with, "Photograph" brings together the wide-screen nostalgia of artists like MGMT and M83, with joyous 90's plastic-pop-inspired melodies and songwriting flair. New single “Photograph” is lifted from 0171’s forthcoming second EP ‘Change Nothing’, the follow-up to their acclaimed (Dazed, Noisey/VICE, The Fader, Loud & Quiet, The Line Of Best Fit, i-D, Gorilla vs Bear, Clash, Highsnobiety etc) debut EP ‘Red Light’. Borne out of frustration, the new EP explores feelings of stasis, the struggle between clinging on to what brings you down, and ultimately just letting go. 0171’s new single “Photograph” is out now, released July 16th. New EP ‘Change Nothing’ is out August 14th. – Instagram: @0171music Twitter: @0171band Facebook: /0171music