• Dating Skills

    Fingerless are facing the ‘Monster’ of self doubt in their intense, anthemic new single. – Backseat Mafia

    Long time favourites here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the irrepressible Fingerless are back with the deliciously restrained and haunting tones of ‘Monster’. Eschewing their normal psychedelic-tinged upbeat pace, ‘Monster’ is a caged beast coasting on simple delicate guitars supported by pounding epic percussion with singer channelling a better version of Chris Martin, crooning like a Las Vegas entertainer with an anthemic monster chorus fringed with harmonised back up vocals. Marc Cheesman says of the track, in his usueal self-drepracting way: …it’s a pretty simple song, but a deeply personal one. We’ve been playing this live for a long time, but I resisted recording it. Basically it’s about…