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Lovechild of Hayley Williams and David Bowie Declan McKenna has shared a brand new single ahead of the release of his newest album Zeros, out in August.

Big, glam and glitzy, 'Daniel, You're Still a Child' is a pop song in space. It fires colours and shapes off in its orbit of pulsating bass and the shooting stars of many rock'n'roll-indebted riffs.

McKenna sings like a lost soul. Lost but happy about it. Where is he lost in? Space? His own mind? A bad trip? Who could know. What's certain is that it sounds excellent.

UPDATE: You can now watch the video for the single here:

A video will premiere this afternoon (9 July) at 4pm BST. 

On the character of Daniel, who reportedly appears in another track on Zeros, McKenna said: “You know, Daniel, You’re Still A Child because he’s lost in the aftermath, whether it’s lost in the sauce, stoned, lost in some existential fear or lost his way in some VR game. Daniel is this kid who has so much to prove, he has so much in him but he’s just continually being led astray because the world’s telling him that he’s not ‘normal’.”

McKenna has also announced a huge tour for next year.

MARCH

26 - Norwich, The Waterfront
27 - Cambridge, The Junction
28 - Bristol, O2 Academy
30 - Cardiff, Tramshed

APRIL

01 - London, O2 Academy Brixton
03 - Birmingham, O2 Academy
05 - Nottingham, Rock City
06 - Newcastle, O2 Academy
08 - Leeds, O2 Academy
09 - Manchester, Albert Hall
12 - Glasgow, SWG3 The Galvanizers
23 - Nantes, Le Stereolux
24 - Paris, Le Trabendo
26 - Tourcoing, Le Grand Mix
27 - Antwerp, Trix
29 - Amsterdam, MAX
30 - Rotterdam, Maasilo

MAY

01 - Berlin, Heimathafen Neukolln
03 - Prague, The Roxy
04 - Warsaw, Proxima
06 - Hamburg, Mojo
07 - Cologne, Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld

Tickets go on sale Friday 17 July at 9am BST here

Zeros arrives 21 August via Sony

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