London janglers the Tubs are about two months away from releasing their new album Hard Life. This is good news. Right now, the Tubs are among the most dependably tuneful bands on the indie rock landscape. Hopefully, you've already heard the very good lead single "Who's Gonna Love You Now." Today, they follow it with "Stoop To Me," a new song that might be even better. It's basically muscular power-pop with Celtic folk instrumentation, and that combination turns out to be extremely cool. Here's what frontman Owen Williams says about it:
"Stoop To Me" is us at our most power-pop. There’s a few nods to Bob Mould in there, as well as a kind of cider-drunk quality via the fiddle parts. To balance this out a bit, I wrote from the perspective of a demented cuckold who keeps changing his story mid-chorus.
Check out the Kit Harwood-directed "Stoop To Me" video below.
Hard Life is out 9/11 on Merge.
