Mob Wife Release New Single ‘Thank God For Car Parks’

Formed in 2018, Mobwife have been making a very noisy and abrasive name for themselves, putting out a slew of singles and splits along with 2022’s album Eat With Your Eyes. As well as appearing on zeitgest capturing compilation, ‘A Litany of Failures, Vol III’. Drawing on influences from the American underground by way of Metz, Fugazi, Protomartyr and of course, Kiss, the band return with sardonic new single ‘Thank God For Car Parks’.
Developed in the bands practice room as each member takes their respective hammer to the anvil. The band were keen to move away from previous structurally complex songs and focus on a more straight forward and groove orientated while maintaining the markers of the Mob Wife sound. Carl’s Bass and Wilson’s drums thunder and drive the song forward, while guitars move between chimmining chords and dissonant Albini-esque guitars.
Chris drew lyrical inspiration for the song after casting his eye over the massive change in urban landscape in Belfast, favouring overpriced student housing over venues, bars, restaurants & spaces where a community can thrive. Progress and profit over everything. This is all filtered through a tongue in cheek narrative of male urban land owner in a city including car parks who (aside from being sexual aroused by it) is thankfully for his opportunity to make so much money off of the poor and needy. Taking it’s title from from a Twitter thread that discussed leaving a portion of Ormeau park to further a car park, one reply simple said “Thank God for Car Parks“.
The band choose to opt to record vocals and drums in Belfast based studio, Half Bap Studios making full use of the space and equipment afforded by a studio. Then turning to Carl, already an experienced audio engineer, to record bass and drums in their practice space and mix the track. This approach allowed the band space and time to focus in on elements of the track free of the ticking clock of the studio.
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