Hitmen have dropped their latest track, ‘Three Drains’. It’s an emotional track that looks at the feeling of distance that comes with seeing a friend become dependent on drink and drugs. Musically, it continues the band’s trend of creating accessible guitar music full of well-written riffs and distinctive vocals, but their slacker rock sound is a far cry from the hardcore punk scene they developed in. “The song was given the working title “Debadee” as it sounded like the main guitar riff, this stuck for slightly too long and almost became the full title,” says band leader Karim Newble. “Shortly after it was mixed I renamed it “Three Drains” after some superstition I grew up with around walking on drain covers if they were grouped in threes. It felt like a fitting title given the lyrical focus of the song surrounding bad habits we cling onto from youth.” The band are playing their first London headline show in over a year, at the Piehouse Coop in Deptford.