London band Legss have released “909”, the latest single from their debut full-length album Unreal, out September 12 via Bandcamp and other platforms.
The song is a brooding, claustrophobic take on the drudgery of working life, blending spoken-word paranoia with distorted guitars and a rigid, bass-heavy groove.
Vocalist Ned Green adopts a disoriented narrator—“I leave the house in this fiction; act like my actions are scripted”—detailing the suffocating minutiae of office work and the crushing intensity of being perceived. “Everyone is staring at me. I know so because I can feel it,” he delivers in a flat, unnerving tone.
“909” has gone through multiple iterations over the years, the band said in a statement. “There’s a 10-minute disco version somewhere. It’s a song that has developed with us and been rewritten at every stage,” they wrote. “Now it’s in its final form: a stark, cubist, bass-driven day in the life of a nine-to-fiver addicted to radio podcasts.”
Produced with drummer Louis Grace and Balazs Altsach (known for work with Ugly and Broadside Hacks), Unreal follows the band’s 2023 Fester EP. The new album explores themes of miscommunication and the uncanny in everyday life. “It’s about the tragic and the comic,” the band said. “We can’t believe we’re still here to see it through, but we are and we couldn’t be prouder.”
Tracklist – Unreal
01. Broadcast
02. Gloss
03. Sleepers, Awake
04. See No Evil
05. Forgot to Answer
06. American Flowers
07. Silo
08. Eversince
09. Nothing Would Make Me Happier
10. When Will I See You Again?
11. Bit Rot
12. 909
13. Fugue
Legss will support Unreal with a headline tour in October, including a stop at Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh on October 9.
For more, visit legss.bandcamp.com.