Leeds shoegazers Lozenge capture that last light melancholy on For Lack of Trying, a gliding, happy‑sad drift that arrives as their second single of 2026.
Where Silver hit with a heavier, more immediate force, For Lack of Trying opts for the long exhale. It moves with a slow‑burn momentum, its stacked guitars shimmering at the edges while a patient rhythmic core keeps the whole thing tethered. The track feels like something fuzzy slowly unspooling, dissolving into a warm haze of reflective noise.
Frontman Joe Collinson (vocals, guitars), drummer Jacob Marston, known for his work with HONESTY and formerly of Dead Naked Hippies, and new bassist Joe Clarke, also ex–Dead Naked Hippies, shape a sound that’s both fragile and towering at once.
The song settles into that very specific emotional space that is the quiet guilt that comes from standing still.
They explain: "For Lack of Trying is my bed-rotting anthem. It’s about the inertia you feel sometimes where you can’t bring yourself to do anything, sometimes for quite a while, and the guilt and shame associated with that."
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