redolent share new single for ‘funner’

redolent by Rosie Sco 

‍Today, Edinburgh electronic-indie group redolent share new single, ‘funner’, the follow-up to recent comeback track ‘ok wow.’ Where ‘ok wow’ sat with the discomfort of an argument's aftermath, ‘funner’ moves in the opposite direction: a warm, upbeat electronic track built around a genuine moment of happiness on tour, an ice cream sandwich and a sunset standing in for what the band describe as the opposite of a panic attack.

Listen to ‘funner’ here

Speaking on the track, the band said: ‘It's funny looking back on funner, it's a bit of an attempt at a pop song for a major label. It takes me back to that time. I remember sitting on Andy's car in Texas with an ice cream sandwich watching a sunset and having what felt like the opposite of a panic attack. I like its place on the album as a kind of goofy, disarming, not-that-deep break from a lot of the more intense, darker stuff on there.’

The accompanying music video sees frontman Robin Herbert dancing and singing through a Scottish field, with Alice Hancock playing an SP-404 alongside him. Lo-fi and low-key by design, the video's mood matches the track itself: more electronic than acoustic, but noticeably lighter and more playful than its predecessor.

Watch the music video for ‘funner’ below

‘funner’ arrives alongside redolent's self-produced documentary, released alongside ‘ok wow,’ which charts the band's journey from a 2021 GameStop short squeeze windfall through to a Columbia Records deal, its end, and the band's Scottish Album of the Year win with dinny greet in 2024.

The choice of title hints at something bigger still to come for redolent, a thread eagle-eyed fans may already be pulling at.

redolent are:

Robin Herbert
Danny Herbert
Andrew Turnbull
Alice Hancock