FRAIL surprised their fans in the fall of 2021 by announcing that they were making a comeback and working on their new full-length album. Now, the first single and music video from this second full-length album, which was worked on during the winter of 2021-2022, will be released. FRAIL‘s latest single, “Children of Depravity,” deals with human evil in an angry, dark, and self-reflective way. The main questions of the song are what causes young people, in particular, to commit atrocities against each other – for example, in the school world – what could society do to avoid tragedies, and do we see the evil that lurks in ourselves.
“‘Children of Depravity’ wasn’t necessarily planned as the first single, but the bad news from around the world during the summer made us think that this topic is important. That’s why we wanted to bring up this theme right away. Many young people feel bad and more should be done about it. On the other hand, the song also highlights the fact that there is potential evil living within each of us, which would be good to recognize.”
Musically, “Children of Depravity” is an interesting combination of even different genres.
“The original vision of the song was this: Paramore meets System of A Down meets Muse. In my opinion, we have succeeded quite well in this,” says Tarmo Kellomäki, the composer and lyricist of the song.
Listen to the single: https://push.fm/fl/frail-childrenofdepravity
Check the music video: https://youtu.be/veFFAqA9Zn4
The music video for the song was made in collaboration with the Finnish cheerleader group, Jyväskylä Jaguars Spirit Athletes (JSA), who do important work for the mental health and empowerment of young people.
“We wanted to build that kind of American highschool / college atmosphere in the video. The guys at JSA were great and we thought we could put together a good whole.”
The song was recorded in Jyväskylä Finland for Electric Fox Studios under the tender care of producer Tuomas Kokko.
New material is expected from FRAIL throughout the winter.
Lineup
Tarmo Kellomäki – vocals
Joel Hekkala – guitars
Otto Kulhomäki – bass
Jussi Järvi – drums
