Heavy Lungs – GODKILLER
A year on from Caviar, Bristol’s Heavy Lungs are back with “GODKILLER” — their first new material since that album, and the first without their original guitarist. Frontman Danny Nedelko is candid about what prompted it: the band kept going through the usual life attrition (lineup change, money stress, relationship breakdowns), decided they still wanted to make music, and this is what came out.
Nedelko describes the track as a continuation of a theme from Caviar‘s “Roy” — rumination on emotions, control, shame, and how you see yourself. The title is blunt on purpose: “killing a god” is his phrase for cutting loose from someone who holds too much influence over you, making space to grow by removing them from the pedestal. It’s a Heavy Lungs song in every recognizable way — the same no-brakes energy, the same kind of lyric that’s more about a feeling than a narrative. What I find interesting is how matter-of-fact Nedelko is about the subject; there’s no drama in the explanation, which gives the music room to carry the weight instead.
Tour Dates Europe:
- April 22 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tolhuistuin
