New Years Day release Ash Costello’s personal “anthem”, Half Black Heart

Ahead of next month’s new album Half Black Heart, New Years Day have just unveiled the record’s title-track. The song is described by vocalist Ash Costello as her personal ​“anthem”, and it’s about the fact that ​“no-one is purely one thing”. “Nobody is so flawless that they have the right to pass judgment on someone else’s flaws,” the singer explains. ​“We all exist as a mix of good and bad, innocence and guilt, a bit angelic and a bit devilish. The message is rooted in the idea that ​‘he who is without sin can cast the first stone’, meaning that no-one is in a position to judge, because everyone makes mistakes.  “I don’t believe in the idea of a flawless human being, and this song is my way of addressing those who may expect perfection from me...

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