St. Paul & The Broken Bones has released their latest single “City Federal Building” from the band’s forthcoming album, Angels In Science Fiction, set for release on April 21 on ATO Records.
Throughout the song, frontman Paul Janeway shares a message to his daughter: “Don’t let them take your Holy Ghost. Don’t let them take what’s precious to you. Find meaning, and don’t let people take whatever that meaning is,” he says. “There is sometimes a desire that you want your child to grow up to do what you do, but ultimately you just want them to find happiness and some sort of meaning.”
“City Federal Building” follows previously released singles, “Lonely Love Song” and “Sea Star,” alongside a video directed by Gus Black.
Angels In Science Fiction was written in the span of a few weeks after Janeway learned that his wife was pregnant with their daughter, Marigold. Following the examples set by greats like Aristotle, William James and John Steinbeck, Janeway penned the album as a series of letters to his then-unborn daughter.
“A few people told me it would be a good idea to write letters to my yet to be born daughter before she arrived into the world,” says Janeway. “That is what Angels In Science Fiction is. Themes throughout the album are faith, nature vs nurture, anxiety and beauty. This is a record I would have written whether I did this for a living or not. I don’t know if those records come along all the time.” It follows the band’s critically acclaimed 2022 album, The Alien Coast.
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