Beardfish share video for reflective and celebratory new single Torrential Downpour

Swedish prog rockers Beardfish have shared a video for their new single, the reflective and celebratory eight-minute Torrential Downpour.

It's taken from the band's upcoming album, Songs For Beating Hearts, which Beardfish will release on InsideOut Music, with whom they re-signed earlier this year, on November 1.

“I lost my dad to cancer in 2022 and when this song was written there was something I couldn’t quite put my finger on, but it felt almost like a lament," explains singer and guitarist Rikard Sjöblom. "When I later read the lyrics I realised it was about him, but also about family and our heritage as humans in general - how we all come from two people who also come from two people and no one ever really disappears because we’re all connected in a way. Call me the son of someone you used to know, or someone you never knew - it doesn’t matter. Call me the son of sun… Suddenly it’s not just a lament for someone who’s dead, it’s also a celebration of life."

The band originally formed back in 2001, and today feature Sjöblom (who of course, also plays with Big Big Train), David Zackrisson, Magnus Östgren and Robert Hansen. They released eight studio albums up until their disbandment in 2016. The band are confirmed for 2025’s edition of Cruise To The Edge.

Songs For Beating Hearts will be available as a limited CD digipak (including one bonus track), gatefold LP and as a digital album, all featuring artwork from longtime collaborator Spencer Keala Bowden, which you can see below.

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Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.