Following on from their spiralling single ‘Cosmic Joke’, Nottingham outfit Express Office Portico return with a celestial new offering, ‘Forget The Name’. Dosed up with atmosphere and reverberating guitar lines, silky vocal lines and driving beats thrust the song forward into addictive territory.
Discussing the release the band shares: “The concept for ‘Forget The Name’ stems from the phrase ‘gather ye rosebuds while ye may’, simply enjoy yourself now before your situation changes. Yet lyrically, we have purposefully laid out a contrasting point of view on the saying. Forget The Name shows a more realistic view of the challenges that come with change. The floral themes throughout show beauty whilst also lyrically highlighting the mundane nature of change as a constant. With change comes the fact that people get older, people move in and out of each other’s lives, and then we start to lose memories of people we once knew. We forget their faces and eventually their names. The song is a battle of two contrasting ideologies within a person: one that fears the change life has to offer and therefore sacrifices the present moment, and one whose attitude towards life is ‘Carpe Diem’.”
With support from BBC Introducing and performances at iconic Nottingham venues, Express Office Portico have well and truly put themselves on the map. Their blend of synth-pop, indie and alt-pop has become a signature sonic identity, and hopefully there’s more where this came from!
