THORNHILL // Drop New Single ‘Arkangel’

Just months after the release of Casanova, Thornhill has returned with a thunderous new tune titled Arkangel.

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It was mixed by George Lever (Sleep Token, Loathe), with its music video written and directed by frontman Jacob Charlton and edited by Third Eye Visuals.

The band’s guitarist Ethan McCann shared how the track was born instrumentally: “I started writing Arkangel after surrounding myself with media from the late nineties and early two-thousands. I found the hit of nostalgia to be incredibly comforting while we were all locked away. I wanted this song to make you feel the way I felt watching these shows and movies from this period, so I treated it almost like a film score. I found the opening credits to the old Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy series and basically wrote to that opening sequence. The sections of the song move quite rapidly, the root changes three or four times within the first minute which to me is what a band full of teenagers would be doing in their garage. They don’t really know what they’re doing, but it feels natural and is such a perfect representation of that era that they are living in.”

Charlton also spoke to the lyrical inspiration behind the track, adding: “I usually write lyrics and melodies around the general atmosphere Ethan brings to each track to better bring it forward in the listener and myself, as a lyricist. But this time around, with Ethan’s newfound method of creating, I decided to change up my work flow and write a bit more like a script or movie narrative to allow for more ambiguous storytelling and attitude to come through, rather than just giving up the meaning straight away. Arkangel is an alternate take on the story of Icarus, discussing the tension between two lovers who become violent with one another as friction builds in their lustful affair.”

 Thornhill recently supported In Hearts Wake on their Australian tour. They’re also set to appear at Unify and Full Tilt before they make their US debut in support of Dayseeker in April. Our mates in the UK/ Europe can also catch them on tour with Bury Tomorrow and August Burns Red later in the year.

Arkangel is available to stream now.