At first listen, “New Shiny Motorbike 2025” might sound like a song about a bike — but the ride Barely Contained Chaos takes us on is far more existential. To paraphrase René Magritte: this motorbike song is not a motorbike song. Instead, it’s a surreal plunge into the unpredictability of life, where the line between bravado and breakdown blurs.
The track begins in brightness, a perfect day roaring to life, only to quickly spiral into wrong turns, careless words, and the avalanche of bad decisions that follow. What starts as swagger collapses into disorder — a sonic descent where reality warps and bends. It’s less dashboard and more Dalí, until the motorbike itself feels alive, dragging the listener into its chaotic wake.
First dreamed up in 1976 as a 20-minute schoolboy rocker inspired by graffiti scrawled on a Northern Irish desk, the song has finally found its form nearly five decades later. Reborn in 2025 as a tight, four-minute anthem, “New Shiny Motorbike 2025” is a collision of punk-edged guitars, cinematic production, and a towering wall of sound that eventually dissolves into the sound of collapse itself.
Barely Contained Chaos have crafted more than just a song — they’ve created a surreal soundtrack to life’s detours, where even the most confident ride can skid into beautiful disaster.
