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What could be better than a day at the seaside? Penned as an ode to the North East coastline, Tyneside’s Pit Pony share ‘Sinking’.

Taking influence from the slightly grim landscape, the track balances grunge with an undercurrent of fun running through it. As another belter adding to their small but powerful back-catalogue, Pit Pony are going from strength to strength with each single. Gaining the attention of big players like IDLES, the band seem set to keep climbing.

Talking about the single, the band said:  “I think that on the surface this is influenced in its imagery by the fact I’m from a coastal town (South Shields) and have always been by the river so the whole album has a theme running through it with water (see what I did there?). I think when all we were allowed to do was go on walks we spent a lot of time walking our beautiful North East coast and that seeped into the writing.”

Heavily influenced by their origins and the conflicting feelings of identity and longing to escape that come along with it, ‘Sinking’ speaks to something specific yet highly relatable.

Pit Pony’s debut album arrives 1 July.

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More about: Pit Pony