New music from Plastic Barricades

London-based artist Plastic Barricades is the alias of musician Dan Kert who links with a shifting cast of drummers and bass players to create his own brand of indie rock music. A firm believer in the healing power of music, he creates each artistic work to express important sentiments, seeking the answers to difficult questions and providing solace in difficult times for his scores of fans around the world.

For the last eight years he’s been sharing his unique creative vision, since the release of his debut single “Shine!” in 2014. Since then he’s shared a string of stellar singles and two full-length records with his debut album Mechanics of Life in 2017 and 2020’s sophomore LP titled Self-Theories.

Now he’s back with his first new music in two years with two brand new tracks, “Lucid in the Fall” and “Tallest Trees”. Offering the first taste of the next chapter of the Plastic Barricades sonic story, “Lucid in the Fall” was written in the seemingly endless lockdowns in the UK and provides the lead single lifted from the forthcoming third record We Stayed Indoors.

Taking aim at the phenomenon of hyper-consumerism which has been exacerbated over the last two years with people stuck inside and buying everything they wanted online, with “Lucid in the Fall” Plastic Barricades pens a song about our downward spiral in damaging the planet with our behaviour, while being completely aware of what we’re doing. Wrapped up in an emphatic indie rock sound, the first single from the upcoming album is an anthem with a meaningful message.

Paired with the track is the melancholic b-side “Tallest Trees” which paints the picture of centuries-old trees observing humanity’s self-destructive behaviour with a perplexed, yet forgiving outlook. Accompanying both songs are the respective music videos that utilise the latest cutting edge artificial intelligence technologies to spin trippy scenes for the music.

With both songs and music videos serving to build excitement further for the highly anticipated new LP, We Stayed Indoors was recorded with Sheffield-based drummer Chris Barber, vocalist Aellie Koto from Berlin as well as singer-songwriters Luke Joyce and John Sibley.

Watch the music video for Lucid in the fall below

Watch the music video Tallest Trees below

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