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The XCERTS return with new single: “We wanted it to feel uncomfortable, honest and human”
“There’s a desperate urgency about this song…” Watch the video for The XCERTS’ new single do it to myself.
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Listen to The XCERTS’ heart-breaking new single, in your eyes
“Without question the most raw and personal song we’ve ever written…” Hear The XCERTS reflect on loss and the “cruelty of cancer” with their stunning new single, in your eyes.
- Words:
- Emily Garner
- Photo:
- Sam Carter
Following January comeback single do it to myself, The XCERTS have just unveiled their second new track of 2026.
A stunning and completely tear-jerking effort, vocalist Murray Macleod shares that “in your eyes is without question the most raw and personal song we’ve ever written. Fundamentally, it’s about loss. The loss of what I deemed to be forever love and the cruelty of cancer.
“The closing lines of the song are ‘This isn’t goodbye, this is I’ll love you forever’ which serves as a full-stop but also has an open-ended feel to it. It’s a desperate grieving cry, but while writing the words, I also thought, ‘Well, if this is the last thing we ever create then that’s the message I want to ring out in Jordan [Smith, bass], Tom [Heron, drums] and our fanbase’s ears.’ I’m aware it’s overly sincere, but it’s true, and the truth is all we wanted to convey.
“The song finishes with Jordan’s mum blowing a kiss and saying ‘I love you’ which is extremely emotional, but it was important for her to close out this song as it belongs to her.”
Watch the video for in your eyes below:
Catch The XCERTS live at 2000trees on July 11.
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