Tears For Fears have released No Small Thing as the latest single from their forthcoming LP ‘The Tipping Point’.
Written by both band members, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, the track begins as an acoustic moment before building into a full band moment.
“In early 2020, Curt and I sat down together with just a couple of acoustic guitars,” says Roland. “The first time in decades. We needed a meeting of minds, a coming together psychically. We were literally going back to the drawing board looking for some depth, heart and soul with which to complete our album.
“Curt came up with this simple folk/country riff, a little bit Dylan, a little bit Johnny Cash, and then we were off. It was the complete opposite of what we had been trying to do for many years – searching for the elusive, modern hit single.
“We felt suddenly unencumbered, free if you like, no longer worrying about the market, about success, but drawing on influences from our childhoods. It was at this point that the whole album started opening up.
“No Small Thing was the key, the thing that turned a red light green.”
Curt adds: “No Small Thing feels like it could have been a song from a seventies or sixties acoustic folk album with how the track starts.
“The fact that we felt confident enough to go from there to the end of the song to where it’s just absolute mayhem speaks to that sense of freedom, and that’s our comfort zone musically.”
Inspired by the 1982 movie ‘Koyaanisqatsi’, the No Small Thing music video was made using solely found footage showing the conflict between individual freedoms and collective responsibility.
‘The Tipping Point’, due February 25, is available to pre-order on CD, Deluxe CD and vinyl. A Super Deluxe Edition CD is also available, along with signed CDs.
