The new track will be released alongside ‘BABYLON ROTTEN’ as ‘HYDRA’ on 10th December.
Grove has shared their new single, ‘BREAK A SWEAT’, the first track to be lifted from an upcoming double A-side, ‘HYDRA’.
The track, which comes with a video shot and edited by Ben Dornan Wilson, is a high-intensity call to arms for the dancefloor, pairing their commanding punk vocals with a marching instrumental built from pounding industrial drums and a sax line from James Storm.
‘BREAK A SWEAT’ and AA-side track ‘BABYLON ROTTEN’ confront themes of Western colonial violence in Palestine, Sudan, and Congo, as well as the trial of the Filton 24, a group of protestors accused of damaging weapons in an Israeli munitions factory in Bristol.
‘HYDRA’ will be released on 10th December via labels Spinny Nights and Memorials of Distinction in a limited run of 30 hand-cut 7” vinyl. A run of HYDRA lino prints by Lotte Vans will also be on sale, with all profits going to the Support Masafer Yatta campaign.
Grove described ‘BREAK A SWEAT’ as “a reminder for me to persevere. To keep moving, no matter how small the steps. The future is both bleak and bright, and there’s little chance in what it ends up being, only its price in sweat.
“This is a deep appreciation for resistance movements globally. May the oppressors never know peace.”
Speaking more generally about the two tracks, Grove added: “After two years of personal distress, reflection, and rebirth, these two weighty, 70bpm punk-infused industrial tracks are born of potent hope. ‘BREAK A SWEAT’ is the warrior’s journey against apathy – a confrontation with the Western world’s ongoing colonial violence in Palestine, Sudan, and Congo. ‘BABYLON ROTTEN’ is the rallying cry: a call to reclaim inner and collective power against the many-headed beast of government corruption that defines this dark era.
“This corruption reflects a deeper sickness of humanity – where lies spread like wildfire, life is cheapened, and division and censorship thrive in poisoned yet fertile soil. The important caveat is that Hercules didn’t defeat the Hydra alone; he worked with Iolaus, who cauterised each wound to stop new heads from growing.”
