On the heels of the single, “Never Dawn”, Lacuna Coil return with their latest single “In the Mean Time” featuring Ash Costello of New Years Day.
With mean being a polysemous word, the song title isn’t just a reference to hard times but also the space between something happening.
On the song, the band says,
“’In The Mean Time’ is a reflection on how much our society has generally ‘lost the plot’. We are living in really mean times filled with unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive. The pressure that crushes from the outside doesn’t allow to see things with the right clarity. This song is like group therapy: not a lamentation, but acceptance that once broken, it’s hard to put oneself back together again. We need to take our minds off all the inescapable toxicity and find that there’s so much more to this life… and know that in the meantime, everything cannot be aligned.”
On the collaboration, the band adds,
“We invited Ash Costello from New Years Day to feature on the track and we’re thrilled she came on board adding exactly what we needed for this song with her warm voice and charisma.”
Ash adds,
“I am deeply honored to join Lacuna Coil on tour for the first time, to have the incredible opportunity to lend my guest vocals to a new track and appear in the music video. Working alongside the powerhouse vocalist Cristina has been a privilege, and I may be biased in saying that ‘In The Mean Time’ has quickly become my favorite byLacuna Coil. Its message about embracing individuality and not conforming deeply resonates with me.”
Lacuna Coil continues to demonstrate their ability to strike a wonderful balance between heavy and fierce with melodic and harmony and it is evident in “In the Mean Time”.
