The Maddocks share their second single ‘If Anyone Can’
The Manchester band only stepped on the scene earlier this year.
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Earlier in the year we were graced with the debut release of The Maddocks in the form of This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things. Now the Manchester-based post-punk band have made their much-anticipated return with their second release If Anyone Can.
The second release can often be the most daunting for an artist; it’s the one that takes away the debut feeling of being a novel abnormality in music and allows them to take a path in the direction they want their art to go. For now, this is The Maddocks with the release of If Anyone Can; we see a darker and enigmatic shift in their sound since their debut, relating to themes of confusion in the world of relationships and the emotions such confusion can cause.
Starting with immediately enhancing and warped guitar chords, we’re given a short time to ponder upon them before the vocals of George Edwards erupt onto the scene, with raw power and with the sniff of rage behind it. Accompanied by the intense entrance of the drums, Edwards continues his rampage of the build-up of passionate vocals, right up to an emotionally charged chorus full to the brim with delightful guitar licks. With a sharp ear within the song, you can hear whiffs of one of the band’s larger influences, Irish post-punks Fontaines D.C., all within the excellent sound that The Maddocks has really begun to carve out for themselves.
Expanding on the meaning of their new track, the band comments, “The lyrics address those feelings of exasperation we’ve all experienced when trying to work out what to do when people don’t make their intentions clear.”
If Anyone Can is another great single from the band, and it’s fantastic to get more releases from this talented bunch. Despite being the second release of the Maddocks to date, it rather interestingly takes its place as the first song they wrote together as a band. Perhaps this darker sound is what we should come to expect from the band moving forward? We hope so!
