If you could relive your life, what parts would you change? I’m sure we’d all love to take back our missteps, forge a new path, and live out the idea of our best life. Thing is, that wouldn’t be your life, and it wouldn’t be you leading it. Not really. Our mistakes define us just as much as our triumphs. They both give us the push we need to learn and grow, and help us determine our resolute lines in the sand. ‘Same Mistake Twice’ feels like a journey to accept the necessity of the messy parts of life, even as they’re still in the process of falling down around you. The latest single from The Howl & The Hum, now a solo project for singer/songwriter Sam Griffiths, is home to the same heady cocktail of devastating introspection and biting wit that we’ve been missing since 2020’s Human Contact. The title track from the forthcoming album, out 6th of September, ‘Same Mistake Twice’ delivers a non-stop barrage of tattoo worthy lyrics as the energy builds towards a triumphant Springsteen-esque climax. Feeling somewhere between a wake to mourn the perfect faultless life that never was, and the freeing absurdity that comes with accepting the emotional bombsite that exists in its place, the song’s unique approach encapsulates everything I love about The Howl & The Hum.