Sports Team released their new single “Sensible,” a 4 to the floor Britpop/art rock anthem exploring the myth of betterment and the impossible task facing today’s youth who are given conflicting and contradictory messages of how they are to improve themselves.
Rob Knaggs elaborates, “’Sensible’ is a song about the myth of betterment. “Go to the gym. Get ripped! Get rich! Get ahead!” I think being young now, it feels like you’re trapped in someone else’s nostalgia. Primed. Groomed. Glistening with youth and vigor. What for? Staving off the grim reaper with Haeckels face creams and expensive candles. Adopting the aesthetic of liberalism while running an air bnb empire, flying 10 times a year and working for Helsing AI.”
The music video stars Sport Team’s own Alex Rice, venturing surreptitiously amongst the people on a lovely day in London Fields, dressed in a fetching ruby shirt, carrying a bunch of flowers for his and our amusement.
The song also takes pot shots at themselves and at Sports Team nemesis, Fred Again. “We’ll play Fred Again and dance, And fuck remotely in those self repeating flats,” vocalist Alex Rice decries in this jubilant exploration of modern British life and critique of the dissonance of our social media feeds, or their “the churn” as they term it.
The song will feature on upcoming studio album, Boys These Days, out May 23rd on Distiller Records/Bright Antenna which shares a witty and insightful examination of modern life, and a unique blend of indie rock, Britpop and Sophisti-pop. The album was created with producer Matias Tellez (Girl In Red, CMAT, Gracie Abrams) in his Bergen Norwegian studio.
