GARBAGE (US) REVEAL FIRST SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘LET ALL THAT WE IMAGINE BE THE LIGHT”

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Garbage have today revealed the single “There’s No Future In Optimism” - accompanied by a gorgeous cinematic video, shot and directed by Benjy Kirkman. This is the first single from the band’s forthcoming new album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, out 30th May via BMG. 

Speaking about “There’s No Future In Optimism”, Shirley Manson says:

 “I love the title. The band sent it to me and I was like, “This is great. I’m keeping that.” But the  lyrics are an action against that title. Because if we allow our fatalism or our negativity to really take over, we will crumble. It’s about a city, in my case, Los Angeles, but it could be anywhere where bad stuff is happening. After the George Floyd murder, which is one of  few things in my life that I wish I’d never seen:  I was changed entirely by seeing the footage of  that cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck. In Los  Angeles there were huge protests and a lot of upheaval after that. Above our house in Hollywood, there were helicopters all day long, for days on end. It was really precarious, chaotic and terrifying.”

Speaking about the album, Manson adds:

"This record is about what it means to be alive, and about what it means to face your imminent destruction. It’s hopeful. It’s very tender towards what it means to be a human being. Our flaws and our failures are still beautiful, even though we’re taught that they’re not. This is a tender, thrilling record about the fragility of life."

Garbage’s new single “There’s No Future In Optimism” is out now. 
Their new album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light is released on 30th May.
Pre-order / save the album HERE.