In a few weeks, Brooklyn’s Bedridden will release their debut album of noisy, emo-inflected grungegaze titled Moths Strapped to Each Other’s Backs via Julia’s War Recordings, the label founded in 2021 by Douglas Dulgarian of They Are Gutting a Body of Water to chronicle the uptick in noisy, emo-inflected grungegaze music being released post-pandemic. This new collection builds upon the groundwork the band set with 2023’s Amateur Heartthrob EP, which sculpted blasts of grungy guitar and Jack Riley’s emotive vocals into melodic grooves stitched together with hard-hitting percussion.
Ahead of the new record’s release, the band is sharing a new single today called “Philadelphia Get Me Through,” which Riley cites as the “most charged” song on the release. Opening with anxious noodling before the track explodes into something more purposefully driving, Riley clarifies that its palpable angst—culminating in a riff-raging outro—is in no way directed toward the titular city. “I was hyper-aware that I was losing it at the time,” the songwriter recalls of the song’s origins. “I was chasing a relationship that only made me feel belittled. Bedridden took a day trip out to Philly to play a show with Worlds Worst and I thought that having a good night away from Brooklyn would cure me. It didn’t. Soon after, I dug up this angular, repetitive riff in a 5/4 time signature and found the melody quickly. The song crescendos into damn near a metal track. Nick [Pedroza] wrote an incredible drum part. I had the perfect groundwork for a diss track.”
Stream the track below, and pre-order Moths Strapped to Each Other’s Backs here.
