Sydney trio Middle Kids today share “Bend” – the latest single from their forthcoming album Faith Crisis Pt 1, set for release on 16 February 2024 and available to pre-order now.
Produced by Jonathan Gilmore (The 1975, beabadoobee), “Bend” is a soaring, emotive track about “finding the truth beneath the truth”, and was recorded in the UK in Eastbourne along with the rest of the album.
“I grew up with a solid framework for what life is, but I got to a point when I started to question some of the fundamental truths of what I believed. It was very painful and disorienting. I began to have this feeling that I couldn’t hold together all the things I valued, family, creativity, work, safety, community, spirituality.” explains lead singer Hannah Joy.
The video for “Bend”, above, is directed by acclaimed sibling directors The Potter Sisters who most recently directed films Far West and Nightswim. Filmed in Austin, TX, the video features a heavily pregnant Joy centred still in the chaos of a skate park with local skaters Ignacio Arriagada, Cristobal Arriagada, Chloë James, Atlas Chaney, JD Torian Jr and Tayvian Trejo.
