Photo by: Nick Helderman

Weird Nightmare, the project from METZ guitarist and singer Alex Edkins, has today shared a the brilliant new single 'Forever Elsewhere', available on all digital service providers, accompanied by a brand-new video. The track's playful melodies and scuzzy pop edge gives an exciting introduction to what lays ahead, as Edkins shares: “‘Forever Elsewhere’ is the most optimistic song I’ve written to date. I wanted to send an unequivocal positive message into the world. The line ‘Love, it will come,’ summarises the overall theme: if things feel hopeless and the world is bleak, don’t give up, keep pushing. I like to think of it as a pep talk wrapped in fuzzy guitars. I recorded with Seth Manchester (he engineered the last two METZ records) and Jim Eno (Spoon), and we tracked this one really quickly. Drummer Loel Campbell (Wintersleep) and Roddy Kuester (Julianna Riolino/Sadies) nailed it in two takes, and you can really hear the ramshackle energy in the song where the wheels almost fall off a couple of times. We tried to keep it loose.” Stream the track/video below. 

The band is confirmed to perform live on Oct 10th at Nowadays Festival in Halifax and Oct 11th at Sportsmans in Charlottetown, Canada with more North American touring to follow in 2026.

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