SHAPE OF WATER
RELEASE NEW SINGLE 'LAST GOODBYE' FROM FORTHCOMING THIRD ALBUM
Manchester’s Shape Of Water is back with a brand new single, and it’s their most rhythmically driven release to date. “Last Goodbye” is a synth-fuelled trip through heartbreak and dancefloor catharsis – a song that aches with emotion while pulling you to your feet.
Formed in 2018 by long-time collaborators Rox Capriotti and Luca De Falco, the band has been steadily crafting a space where genre boundaries dissolve. Their sound is a blend of electronic textures, art rock ambition, and raw emotionality, which has already drawn comparisons to giants like Muse and Depeche Mode, and with “Last Goodbye,”. Shape OF Water continue to push that creative envelope.
Capriotti describes the track as “one of our most danceable songs,” but there’s more going on beneath the pulsing beat. Inspired by nights out in Manchester and the flamboyant spirit of artists like Freddie Mercury and Lady Gaga, “Last Goodbye” is as much about movement as it is about mourning. “It’s a song about love lost, memories that linger, and that bittersweet moment of letting go,” Rox says, “set against a beat that keeps you moving, even when your heart is breaking.”
It’s a fitting sentiment from a band whose music has always lived in contrast, uplifting and melancholic, polished and gritty, familiar yet alien. Since their critically acclaimed debut Great Illusions (produced by Paul Reeve, mixed by Sky Van Hoff), Shape Of Water has embraced reinvention, from live-streamed gigs during lockdown to darker conceptual work on 2022’s Amor Fati.
Now joined by drummer Tom Moks, their evolution continues with a string of bold releases in 2024, including Italian-language covers and heavy-hitting originals like “The Silence Of The Lambs.” Each new track feels like a layer peeled back, revealing a sound and a story.
“Last Goodbye” offers a glimpse into the future as the band gears up for their third album in 2025. If this single is anything to go by, Shape Of Water is more fearless and more fully themselves than ever before.
Formed in 2018 by long-time collaborators Rox Capriotti and Luca De Falco, the band has been steadily crafting a space where genre boundaries dissolve. Their sound is a blend of electronic textures, art rock ambition, and raw emotionality, which has already drawn comparisons to giants like Muse and Depeche Mode, and with “Last Goodbye,”. Shape OF Water continue to push that creative envelope.
Capriotti describes the track as “one of our most danceable songs,” but there’s more going on beneath the pulsing beat. Inspired by nights out in Manchester and the flamboyant spirit of artists like Freddie Mercury and Lady Gaga, “Last Goodbye” is as much about movement as it is about mourning. “It’s a song about love lost, memories that linger, and that bittersweet moment of letting go,” Rox says, “set against a beat that keeps you moving, even when your heart is breaking.”
It’s a fitting sentiment from a band whose music has always lived in contrast, uplifting and melancholic, polished and gritty, familiar yet alien. Since their critically acclaimed debut Great Illusions (produced by Paul Reeve, mixed by Sky Van Hoff), Shape Of Water has embraced reinvention, from live-streamed gigs during lockdown to darker conceptual work on 2022’s Amor Fati.
Now joined by drummer Tom Moks, their evolution continues with a string of bold releases in 2024, including Italian-language covers and heavy-hitting originals like “The Silence Of The Lambs.” Each new track feels like a layer peeled back, revealing a sound and a story.
“Last Goodbye” offers a glimpse into the future as the band gears up for their third album in 2025. If this single is anything to go by, Shape Of Water is more fearless and more fully themselves than ever before.