Based out of Bristol, Broken Dreams Club is the “lonely bedroom project turned legitimate real life live band”, fronted by singer, songwriter and producer Amy. The band’s name is lifted from an EP by the San Francisco band Girls, with permission from their former lead singer Christopher Owens. With a pair of EPs already released via the Cologne-based independent Intersphere Records, Amy and her band have recently been working on new material, which will arrive next February in the shape of their new EP, Why Would Something Good Happen. Ahead of the release today the band are premiering the first material from the EP, in the shape of the video for their new single, You Can’t Delete Me.

Described by Amy as, “an indie I Will Survive for anyone who’s ever been made to feel like they weren’t important, told to be quiet or that they didn’t matter”, You Can’t Delete Me is a master class in blending stadium-sized ambition and bedroom pop intimacy. Building around a simple pulse of bass guitar, the track really soars into the titular repetition of a chorus, as wavering electronics meet a driving drum pattern and the earworm of a vocal melody.

Lyrically, the track seems to start in a place of sadness, reflecting on a relationship where the other party was always looking to jump ship, “you can rely on me, you always could. You let me down just like I knew you would”. As the song progresses though, the spirit of our protagonist grows, the sense of self-worth swelling as they cast off the unhealthy shackles and remember who they are, singing, “a fight to stay awake now, trying to prove I exist, if I make enough noise, if I make a fist”, before ending the song with the subtle triumph of the repeated refrain, “I’m still here”. The accompanying video features guest star Tom Corneill of fellow West Country band Young Martyrs, who can’t quite shake off the feeling he’s being followed by a ghost in suspiciously human-looking white Converse.

Why Would Something Good Happen is out next year via Intersphere Records. For more information on Broken Dreams Club visit https://www.brokendreamsclubmusic.com/links