Selfish Things Return with Shimmering “Sunlight” via FLG

Seven years after the release of their debut LP, Selfish Things return to the fold with “Sunlight,” their newest single out now via FLG.

Four years sober and working as a sober coach and counsellor in the music industry, frontman Alex Biro has spent most of his time away from the band unlearning, healing, and working toward a life of acceptance and truth. A life meant to reflect that the universality of suffering can act as a change agent for the better.

Biro shares:

“I don’t believe in being dishonest in my recovery. ‘Sunlight’ came out of a weekend six months into my sobriety when I’d come to realize that being sober didn’t mean happiness, peace, or calm. They don’t tell you in the hospital that things typically get worse in the first year before they get better. You’re left to take stock of how far you fell from who you were meant to be, and how much you let those you loved (and by proxy, your friends, bandmates, and fans) down in the process of self-immolating.

“I had never wanted to live and die more at the same time. I had never felt the searing reality of how far I’d fallen from the mountain I’d climbed. ‘Sunlight’ to me is an attempt to triumph over the void of the hole I’d created in my own spirit,” he added. “A meditation on what it means to be painfully human in front of the world. To be fallible, to make mistakes, and to drink the dirtied water from a well you poisoned yourself.”

Originally a moniker for Biro, Selfish Things released their debut EP Vertical Love (A Wolf at Your Door Records), produced by James Paul Wisner (Paramore, Underoath, Dashboard Confessional). The release earned the attention of BBC Radio 1’s Dan P. Carter and earned the band a 2017 cover spot on Spotify’s New Noise playlist.

In the years since, Biro and bandmate Michael Ticar have collaborated with Juno Award–winning producer Mike Tompa, writing music born from the tail end of addiction and carried into sobriety.

Selfish Things “Sunlight” single artwork