Die UK-Poppunks von TRASH BOAT veroeffentlichen einen Livevideoclip zu ihrer Single "Synthetic Sympathy". Im letzten Jahr war das aktuelle Album "Crown Shyness" via Hopeless Records erschienen. Frontmann Tobi Duncan kommentiert:
“When you’re experiencing problems in life that are long term or permanent, it often alters the way in which your friends and family interact with you. Such a prominent thing can become the first port of call for conversation or serve as a platform for people to offer sympathy, as this is really the only thing available. I’m not saying this is bad. I’m fortunate enough to have people I know that love me and know I love them. I think being honest and discussing these things are important. People need support.
This song is just a source for me to vent about the looming dread of life, perpetuated by a never ending chain of equally inconsequential conversations, that after so much time and repetition, only serve to remind me that it exists until it doesn’t feel real anymore”
