After announcing plans to go on the hiatus at the end of 2027 and surprising fans with their most recent single ‘Higher Ground’, Enter Shikari have dropped yet another single titled ‘Lightyears’.
Vocalist Rou Reynolds shares about the track: “Last year I took it upon myself to digitalize all our old family camcorder footage. It was a surreal experience. Seeing the old family holidays, Christmases, school concerts, and birthdays; it was a cocktail of emotions. But what struck me most was the bizarre nature of watching back periods of my life that now seem so detached from reality now. Looking back on former versions of myself that no longer exist, people that have passed, places that have been knocked down – it was a form of nostalgia that veered on painful at times (or almost like ’vertigo’, as I say in verse two).”
Rou adds: “‘Lightyears’ is not only me speaking to loved ones who are no longer with us, it’s also me speaking to my former self. Seeing the innocence and fragility of who you were as a child is often something recommended in psychotherapy in order to recalibrate how you treat yourself now. It can quieten what can often be a relentlessly critical and mean inner voice. This felt like a literal and stark version of that.”
Upcoming UK tour dates:
November 13th – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
November 14th – Utilita Arena – Cardiff
November 15th – Connexin Live – Hull
November 18th – Hydro – Glasgow
November 19th – Co-op Live – Manchester
November 20th – Alexandra Palace – London
November 21st – Alexandra Palace – London