More about: Orla Gartland

Indie treasure Orla Gartland has just released the newest single from her upcoming untitled debut album, which will be released later this year. ‘Zombie!’ is a cathartic exploration of what happens when you repress your feelings until they all come out at once.

As the energy builds throughout the song, Orla Gartland shows you the healing nature of venting your frustrations.

Here the indie-pop star shared her thoughts on ‘Zombie!’:

“'Zombie!' is about repressing emotions until one day they burst out of you all at once. Specifically it's about a very common, very male kind of repression I witnessed in a boy I loved once - I could see that he felt things but there was a barrier stopping him from expressing them. I hated that for him, it made me so angry at the societal pressures that led him to that place.

For me living "like a zombie" became a metaphor for this way of living; someone so seemingly unemotional on the surface they barely seem alive. I scream my head off in the outro of the song and that scream is meant to feel like a huge release, like the moment you let it all out.”

More about: Orla Gartland