Scottish Indie Act The Ninth Wave Grieve The Loss Of A Close Friend In Compelling New Video For “Piece And Pound Coins”

One of indie rock’s most exciting up and coming acts, The Ninth Wave continue to set a new pace with their exhilarating and emotionally-driven art-rock. With a new full length project in the books for 2022, the Glasgow quartet have shared the latest piece of the puzzle with “Piece And Pound Coins”, and its accompanying music video.

Elements of post-punk come to mind, especially UK trio White Lies, as “Piece And Pound Coins” builds with a the haunting chorus of “when good friends die young”. Written about the passing of a close friend, singer Haydn Park-Patterson shares: “I wrote this song about a friend who passed away a number of years ago. I’ve never really felt like I wanted to/could write about him for a number of reasons, but I guess the main one was because that for a long time, I wouldn’t have known what to write. Writing about death is a world away from writing about heartache/love/friendships because there’s nobody to listen to the song and wonder “is that about me?”. It’s a strange feeling, to write a song about someone that you know can’t ever hear it.

The song also touches on the thought of wondering what he’d be up to now, 5 years on in his life, and how weird a thought it is that we’ve all continued on with our lives but his had a start and end point, and that’s it. No more memories to be made. The song also lets out a bit of confused anger that I felt not long after he passed, as I watched how a few people reacted to his death and the way in which they talked about it. That’s the meaning behind the line ‘death makes some people sad and some people ugly / and some people took your name for their own sake’. I like to think that he’d like the song, as he was one of the most supportive and positive-minded people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing.”

A cyclical piano melody keeps time for the track, as Park-Patterson’s deep croon cooly shares his grief overtop the pulsating instrumentation. The steady and emotional-charged effort comes alive alongside a stunning video directed by Rianne White, which features Haydn alongside a wolf in the woods.

She commented: “I feel completely in awe of this song and Haydn’s ability to frame such an immense feeling. Embraced by the catharsis of nature, the heights of grief and identity are expressed through a journey of Haydn’s internal growth accompanied by a symbolically poignant lone wolf. I like to think of Hayden and the wolf as one, both finding their way back to their truest states of being with wild untamed hearts of companionship and eternal loyalty. “

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