Toronto post-punk duo TRAITRS release new single "Mouth Poisons"

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Toronto post-punk duo TRAITRS have dropped their new song “Mouth Poisons” today.

The song comes equipped with a music video directed by TRAITRS’ vocalist Shawn Tucker, who said this about the track:

“The core sketch of this song was written late at night at a very good friend’s place in Frankfurt, Germany. ‘Mouth Poisons’ is an extremely personal song and lyrically I set myself up as the main target. It carries an air of ‘come see what’s going inside of me that wants to burn down everything in sight’. Definitely my favourite single we have ever released to date.”

TRAITRS’ synth player Sean-Patrick Nolan also chimed in:

“‘Mouth Poisons’ was initially supposed to be a fast, angular punk track and it remained in this form for several months until Shawn wrote the bass guitar part and completely changed the way I heard the song. His melodic bass line brought out a sadness and vulnerability in the track that I didn’t know was there. All of a sudden this frantic punk song sounded more like The Smiths or New Order, so I completely rewrote my synth part to tease out those elements even more. The break before the outro is one of my favourite parts on the album.”

“Mouth Poisons” comes from TRAITRS’ forthcoming studio album Horses In The Abattoir, which comes out on November 17 on Freakwave Records. Pre-orders for the album can be made here. “Mouth Poisons” is available on digital services right now.