South London outfit Ain’t have shared an introspective new single titled “Jude”.

Recorded with Theo Verney (English Teacher, Lime Garden, Egyptian Blue), “Jude” sees the band continue to explore the stranger side of 90s guitar music, post-punk, and shoegaze, with deeply textured instrumentation that sees cyclical guitars give way to a satisfyingly explosive chorus, as vocalist Hanna Baker Darch sings hook-led, ruminative lyrics about analysis paralysis and its subsequent effects. The track is accompanied by a new lyric video made up of imagery of the band performing live.

Speaking on the single, Darch says “George [Ellerby] wrote the main riff and named the song Jude, which reminded me of a pub called Jude the Obscure, where I went with a friend from university. He’s a brilliant writer and is doing a PhD in philosophy, but he channels his talents into relentless overthinking. Some of the lyrics reflect the bitter pints-deep tone of our conversations, which has been described as the dynamic of a witch-hag and her raccoon accomplice.”

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