Originally formed the day after seeing The Lemonheads perform in Edinburgh, the Glasgow, UK-based DIY indie pop duo The Buttons, made up of David Walsh and his wife Steph, commenced writing a bunch of songs in their flat with the ethos of “keep it simple and don’t overthink it.”
After a long hiatus, which also coincided with the COVID pandemic, lead singer/songwriter David Walsh decided it was time to set up a new home studio and start work on an album. Including 15 revamped versions from the old batch of tracks, The Buttons‘ debut LP, “Norham Street,” was released in 2022.
Since then, the Glaswegian pair have released three further albums, simultaneously evolving and refining, while preserving their ‘three chord’ sound, to incorporate elements from shoegaze and psychedelic rock and lately, as the latest single underlines, late 80s/early 90s Madchester/Britpop hues.
Following last February’s fourth full-length “Noise”, The Buttons tease a forthcoming fifth new one with a video for “Dig It Out.”
A colourful, high-energy burst of Gibson guitar-driven British pop with a Psychedelic flair, “Dig It Out” weaves a heady, vibrant reel of sparkling, ringing sentimental melodies, underlined by driving drums and steady bass pulses, to swell with surreal, nostalgic effect-laden expansions and fluting keyboard overlays around urgent, elated male vocals, layered with upbeat chorus, overcoming the sliding backward influence of indecision, white lies, and vanity.
The paired visuals set the guitar player, singer David Walsh inside an animated pastel illustration to bring forth the message of the lyrics. The Psychedelic trip contains symbols to interpret, unfolding geometric patterns, and shapeshifting forms to examine while enjoying the rising, groovy flow of the soundtrack.
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