Will Butler (formerly of Arcade Fire) and his band Sister Squares released a self-titled album last year, and they’ve followed it with a new single, “Burn It Away,” an anthemic synth-pop track. “I wanted to make an open-hearted song about destroying the world, about despair in the face of trying your best to find hope,” Will says. “There’s a lyric that got cut about thinking you see the sun rise but it’s just the forest fires burning over the horizon. But I think music is intrinsically hopeful—always implicitly arguing in favour of creation—so maybe the song balances itself out.”
Next up for Will is a tour with Sister Squares of the UK and Europe, which starts on Saturday (7/13) and runs through the end of the month.
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