Liverpool trio SPQR have announced their signing to Modern Sky Records. To coincide with the news, the group have shared their new single ‘Slowly’, which is out now on the imprint. A fun fair of art pop and punk, the song moves from an upbeat presentation to literally a slow, melodic change-up with beautiful piano play and enticing guitar licks before jumping back to the previous tempo. SPQR are definitely one of the more exciting bands of 2018.

In a press statement regarding the song, front man Peter Harrison mentioned:

“‘Slowly’ was one of those ‘deliberate writes’. I sat down and really forced it out of me. I think you can tell. I like to think that it’s one of those heavily bass driven tracks, which some SPQR songs are. On the recording we really got that ‘clicky’ bass sound I had in my head, and I’m so grateful to Margo for that.

For me personally this song is all about the bridge section—it’s where I feel I’m at right now with my songwriting and I knew I could slip it in here and it would fit. I got to play some piano on there too, which I’m trying to do more of.”