DAYTIME TV Release New Single ‘Creatures’ via Marshall Records

What do you do with your final day on Earth? That’s the question posed by the latest single from alternative quartet Daytime TV, inspired by singer Will Irvine’s recovery from a life-threatening illness.

Heavy party tune ‘Creatures’ is both a heavy alternative track and made for the dancefloor, as you could expect from a band who have supported the likes of You Me At Six, Twin Atlantic and Two Door Cinema Club.

On ‘Creatures’, Irvine sings: “This is where I wanna be found when I drop dead.”

He said: “Where's your head at when you've got one day left on Earth? I was seriously ill a couple of years back and that was the question as we wrote the song. It’s a playful look at mortality, when you zoom out and see that we're all just creatures crawling around this little planet. If we didn't take everything so seriously, if it was your last day on Earth, you’d just get your friends together and have a massive rave. It’s a bit of a manifesto for me: let's just have a good time.”

Will has returned rejuvenated and this year the band - Will (vocals), John Caddick (guitar), Naomi Boschetti (bass) and Gareth Thompson (drums) - signed with Marshall Records. ‘Creatures’ is their third single released on the label after ‘Pause’ and ‘Sun’. But a couple of years ago the band’s future was far from certain.

Irvine said: "We played the Roundhouse but I don't remember a single thing from the show. Before it even started, I was fully hallucinating, with spots all over my vision. I was just sitting in the corner shivering and had a full-body rash. The joint pain was so insane that I was on a lot of drugs. I had to leave for the stage ten minutes before the rest of the band because I was essentially crawling down the corridor, but I was determined to play.

"The funny thing is, friends and fans told us it was one of the best shows they had ever seen us play. What I do remember is being on stage and the pain disappearing. The adrenaline and my sense of purpose completely took over. Up until then, my existence had been about just trying to stay alive, and suddenly I was doing my favorite thing in the world and everything else washed away.

“But, after the show, the band had to carry me into a taxi. They were angels throughout the whole experience."

The illness knocked Will for six over several long periods, and the worst thing was the uncertainty about what it was and how to treat it.

Irvine said: “The doctors were confused and one GP even referred to me as her 'mystery patient'. At one point, they thought I had lymphoma or full-spectrum lymphatic cancer. My body was effectively eating itself and, eventually, the doctors told me that if they didn't intervene, I could die. We decided to take a risk and started me on a very high dose of steroids, which could itself have risked my life.

“Three days later, the symptoms started fading. I’m not religious but I can only describe it as a religious experience. At points I genuinely believed I was going to die or never be the person I was again, so I feel incredibly lucky and privileged to have another go.

“I now have a clear view of what is important in life and, more importantly, what isn't. Anxieties that seem massive are trivial in the scheme of things and I’m not going to leave things unsaid anymore; I’m telling my mates they’re awesome and telling my family I love them . I feel very lucky to have been woken up by this experience."

The band play a series of intimate tour dates across the UK in October, in Hull, Coventry, Newport, Milton Keynes, Bournemouth, Liverpool, Sheffield and Edinburgh. The tour is in association with Music Venue Trust and Marshall 'Keep Live Music Alive' campaigns to help keep the grassroots music scene thriving.

Get the single: https://dtv.lnk.to/Creatures