"We're the only species capable of destroying itself (and all others) completely and, increasingly, it appears as though we're only too willing": Listen to Enter Shikari and Fever 333's Jason Aalon Butler collaborate on the furious Losing My Grip

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Enter Shikari have teamed up with Fever 333 frontman Jason Aalon Butler for their first new music of 2024. Losing My Grip is described as 'a characteristically inquisitive and probing single that beats its chest and locks eyes with a world spinning out of control.'

Talking about the collaborative single, frontman Rou Reynolds says, "Losing My Grip oscillates between two of our favourite and foundational genre influences; Drum and Bass, and hardcore punk. Lyrically, it's about the immense power that our species now wields, and the pressure and weight that that adds to our lives. We're the only species capable of destroying itself (and all others) completely and, increasingly, it appears as though we're only too willing. Losing My Grip is about the fight to stay sane whilst living in a deeply and dangerously flawed system."

Speaking about Jason Butler's involvement with the song, Reynolds adds, "We've known Jason for years now and have toured much of the world together. I think we always thought that it'd be great to collaborate on something when the right opportunity surfaced.This track certainly felt right. It required a thoughtful intensity, which Jason provides effortlessly in whatever he sets his mind to."

Listen to Losing My Grip below:

Enter Shikari will undertake a UK and European tour next month, with Fever 333 in support. The bands will play:

Feb 09: First Direct Arena, Leeds
Feb 10: Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
Feb 12: O2 Academy, Edinburgh
Feb 14: O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Feb 15: O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Feb 16: International Arena, Cardiff
Feb 17: OVO Arena Wembley, London, UK

Feb 19: AB, Brussels, Belgium
Feb 21: Le Trianon, Paris, France
Feb 23: AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Holland
Feb 24: Palladium, Cologne, Germany
Feb 25: Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Feb 27: Columbia Halle, Berlin, Germany
Feb 28: Zenith, Munich, Germany

A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.