Former ‘Pimp Pickering ponders life on ‘Commercial Road’

AHEAD of next month’s ‘RE: GEN X’ album (TNWR Records) THE NOISE WHO RUNS share latest single, ‘Commercial Road.’

The solo project of former Sneaker Pimp, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ian Pickering, ‘The Noise Who Runs’ launched in 2019 three years after relocating from his native north-east of England to Lille, France.

“‘Commercial Road’ is not a protest song in the traditional sense,” he said, “it does have a kind of pre ‘Out of Time’ R.E.M. thing about it, even a Dylanesque aspect but it doesn’t offer solutions or slogans. Instead, it holds up a mirror – cold, unsentimental, and accusatory. It asks what we tolerate, what we ignore, and what we quietly become as a result. In a culture addicted to noise, it’s maybe a reminder that the real danger isn’t the fire, it’s the absence of it where it counts.”

Today’s release follows 2024’s EP ‘Come and Join the Beautiful Army,’ and 2023’s debut album, ‘Preteretrospective,’ all mixed and mastered by Colin C, at The Cell Studio.

In the lead up to the forthcoming album, The Noise Who Runs also shared anti-war song ‘The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again, and lead track, ‘Bang Bang.’

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