Fold – Concrete Things

Concrete Things celebrates our ability to reevaluate narratives that no longer work for us through Lorraine Hansberry’s words

Miraculously, Concrete Things was released just weeks after the first lockdown of the COVID pandemic. At the time all of our PR began with the phrase ‘released in defiance of dark times’ which really seemed to resonate. This is still our most successful—and arguably most ambitious—track to date, having now exceeded 111,000 plays on both Spotify and Soundcloud (each).

Concrete Things celebrates our ability to reevaluate and reframe narratives that no longer serve us thereby enabling us to grow and thrive as human beings. This is summed up beautifully by Lorraine Hansberry’s quote that underpins the whole piece:

“I rather admire this human quality to make our own crutches as long as we need them. The only thing I’m saying is that once we can walk, you know, then drop them.”

The track has more layers and moving parts than anything else we’ve done yet somehow doesn’t feel overcrowded. There’s sunshine in it too, most likely due to the strong influence of Brasilian genius Arthur Verocai on both the songwriting and instrumentation. The balance of words and melodies also feels just right to us.

Whether it was these factors, the captive audiences of the lockdowns or some other magic this is the one track we’ve released that has reached the widest audience. Even if that was not the case we’d still regard it as our finest work.