Human Worth are proud to present the immense new album It Gets Worse from Norwich based two-piece Kulk, with a portion of proceeds donated to charity. Kulk’s latest album It Gets Worse comes two and a half years after the release of their thunderous and experimental sophomore album ‘We Spare Nothing’ which saw them further define their unique and monolithic brand of heavy doom and sludge and sees the band mature massively in sound as well as cementing their place as the future of UK heavy music. Jade Ashleigh (drums) and Thom Longdin (vocals and guitar) have defined their sound massively across this release, focusing on louder and more aggressive cuts throughout this 8 track album.
The first half of It Gets Worse gleefully drags us backwards through the sonic doom scape of the Kulk that we’re familiar with through wizzing saw noises, primal gurgles and chugging riffs. ‘Mammoth’ hits a new stride for the band and sticks to its name well, elevating their sound into something unstoppable and stomping with much faster and aggressive passages than previous tracks. The lead single ‘Beyond Gone’ turns a bleak and intoxicating stumble into a seriously cutting track and a good summary of the depth and heaviness across the rest of the release. ‘Life Will Wait’ features Adam Sykes of Pigsx7 who approached the band about lending some guest guitar to the album which was captured in an exciting on the road recording shredding session and summated in the moments of respite and versatility in songwriting.Their infamous live shows and voracious touring schedule have garnered a tight cult of fans including genre traditionalists and complete outsiders alike due to their captivating displays of aggression and prowess in artistic performance. If you haven’t heard of Kulk yet then it’s definitely time to start listening.
The record has been announced to coincide with a new single ‘Beyond Gone’ – an uncompromising first taste that turns a bleak and intoxicating stumble into a seriously cutting track; a summary of the depth and heaviness across the rest of the release.
It Gets Worse was recorded at Bear Bites Horse by Wayne Adams in East London. A domineering record in every sense; a display of a band growing into the vast sound they’ve crafted, this time more realised than ever in tow with more aggression and immediacy.
Jade and Thom reflect on the album –
“This album is about the universal suffocating weight of hoping for more while navigating a climate where the apparatus for seeking it is being consistently undermined. What it feels like to not only struggle keeping your head above water but to try jumping out from the deep end without losing your trunks. It is selfish guilt and misplaced woe, desire is a distraction from the world at our feet.”
The band have already charged into 2024 with a spot playing Desertfest at Dingwalls on Sunday May 19th as well the 10th edition of ArcTanGent on Thursday June 15th. They’ve also just played a support slot for Crowbar in their hometown.
Kulk appeared on R*E*P*E*A*T”s pandemic powered 2020 flexi release ‘They Want Us to Die.
Ahead of their new album ‘Eggsistentialism’, out May 17th, and their UK tour in May and June, Lancaster pysch-punk duo The Lovely Eggs are releasing a video for their epic new single ‘Nothing/Everything’ today.
“Nothing/Everything is the Yin/Yang of life,” explains singer Holly Ross. “There’s hope and despair, patience and frustration, the mundane and the extraordinary. There is a universal and eternal magic within the everyday world around us that needs to be recognised, especially when the chips are down. This song is simply what is. It’s not looking forward or back. It’s us now. It’s uplifting and it’s tragic.”
The song is complimented by a video created by contemporary visual artists Wood and Harrison, who are best known for their works of physical minimalist performance, exhibiting in Tate, MoMA, and Centre Pompidou.
New album ‘Eggsistentialism’ is released on May 17 – it’s their first new album since the release of their Number 1 Independent Chart topper, ‘I Am Moron’ at the start of 2020 . But it’s not like they’ve been lazy, oh no. They made their own TV series EGGS TV and hosted it on YouTube, they dueted with Iggy Pop, piled into their van and played a load of sold-out gigs and festivals, spent two years fighting to save Lancaster Music Co-Op (a community rehearsal rooms and recording studio where they live), and then they got their heads down and wrote a new album.
It’s the bands most expansive, mind-melting collection of songs yet, and sees the Lancaster psych-punk duo sprawling between incendiary punk rock and softer, more introspective psychedelia.
They tour the UK in May, dates below and selling out fast!
R*E*P*E*A*T Presents Lovely Ugly / Pretty Shitty A 15 track splatter vinyl compilation of current underground Swansea guitar bands, along with a couple of local legends. Available to preorder from Bandcamp now and from record shops from May 31st (Shellshock distribution)
On R*E*P*E*A*T’s return to Swansea after over 30 years away, we found our home town to be far more diverse, creative, vibrant and exciting than the place we left behind. Amidst the decay of many traditional industries, the imagination is currently running riot, with a host of venues in the City’s creative quarter continually hosting an array of artists, poets, writers and bands.
This album is a personal selection of some of the music that has inspired, enthused and excited R*E*P*E*A*T since our return 5 years ago.
Gratifyingly, many of these acts are starting to garner some of the recognition they deserve in Cardiff, London and beyond. Trampolene, Monet, Swansea Sound, Rainyday Rainbow, Grey-FLX and Kikker all regularly adorn reviews, radios and stages way beyond our Westerly outpost.
Accompanying tracks by these trailblazing upstarts, the album also boasts rare or unreleased sounds by Swansea legends Helen Love, The Pooh Sticks and The DC10s
The album is released on May 31st on Swansea City coloured white and black splatter vinyl with a gatefold sleeve featuring an original painting of the City by local artist Fred Fitton.
Join us as we mark our very own Return Journey to our Lovely Ugly Town.
Available from May 31st from repeatfanzine.bandcamp.com,in shops via Shellshock distribution and digitally. Catalogue number MBRR166.
Launch gigs June 1st at Swansea Tangled Parrot with Monet, Angharad and Baby Schillaci.
June 22nd at Elysium with Kikker, Rainyday Rainbow, Grey-FLX, Soundwire, Tom Emlyn and Dead Noize plus DJs Hue (Swansea Sound / The Pooh Sticks), Catrin (The Loves) & Peter Stone (The Sweetest Ache).
Track Listing and information for ‘Lovely Ugly / Pretty Shitty’- R*E*P*E*A*T’s 2024 snapshot of vital underground Swansea guitar bands, with a couple of local legends
One side ‘Lovely Ugly’ HELEN LOVE – Swansea’s Got An Our Price Punk pop perfection from the modest queen of the Swansea indie scene. https://twitter.com/HELENLOVE123
PICSEL – Fucked Society Noisy, catchy, punky DIY pop four or five piece from Swansea who have since evolved into Broken Fires. Written by accident. Recorded on purpose. https://www.facebook.com/picselmusic/
BABY SCHILLACI – Ultra Hd Happy Face “infused with the spirit of punk predecessors and reminiscent of the lyrical prowess of The Clash and Sex Pistols and sonically akin to that of Social Distortion and Green Day …duelling guitars, intelligent groovy bass, energetic drums, and vocals that invoke rebellion…one can’t help but want to bounce around the pit while simultaneously raising their fist in protest.” – Amplify The Noise https://www.instagram.com/babyschillaci/
ANGHARAD – Outsider’s Map of Wales “dark and dissonant, and stark… glory and gore, beautiful and brave; pure pop, dreamy ballad, bouncy brass, dissonance, spoken word, and campfire singalong.” – God is in the TV. https://www.theangharad.com/
TOM EMLYN – Three Sided Coin “eclectic and masterful… gold dust… If I could force everyone to listen to it, then I would” – The Indie Scene https://www.instagram.com/tomemlyn/
SWANSEA SOUND – In A Different Life “Nostalgia and critique. Indie Pop Irony and ‘Sell-Out’ satire. The Heavenly/Pooh Sticks super-duper-group-project release an Album of The Year” – Louder Than War swanseasound.bandcamp.com; FB, IG, X @soundswansea
SOUNDWIRE – Degrees Of Separation. “ones to mercilessly, addictively but oh so gently, invade your musical heart, an all conquering, swirling mix of psychedelic pop, cascading, ethereal guitars and a hint of dirty bluesy punk” https://www.facebook.com/Soundwiremusic
Side Two ‘Pretty Shitty’
KIKKER – Trash “Kikker’s sound trundles through on the back of a caustic cavalcade of guitars, and an abrasive howl from the depths laced with withering sardonic scorn, it’s inspired by anger, injustice and inequality. It sounds like The Birthday Party‘s spitting rage and fury, colliding with the relentlessness of the early work of Fontaines DC. Absolutely fearsome and truly cathartic to hear” – God is in the TV Zine https://www.instagram.com/kikkeraregarbage/
THE POOH STICKS – The World is Turning On (1991 version) Rare single version of the Million Seller track from the band the BBC calls “the ridiculously over-productive, stupidly catchy and archly clever… Swansea’s Pooh Sticks were one of the indie scene’s greatest mirror images, a reflection of itself and, as the All Music Guide called them, ‘rock’s most inside joke'”. https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Pooh-Sticks-100063707700552/ TRAMPOLENE – Between the Bars (Elliott Smith cover) Delicate acoustic cover of Elliot Smith’s ballad from Swansea’s exiled sons, who “never fail to deliver with their unique combo of garage rock, kitchen-sink poetry and acoustic heartbreakers” (This Feeling). https://www.trampolene.co.uk/
EGG SPECTRUM (RAINYDAY RAINBOW) – Thrown Hard Solo recording by Egg Spectrum of what is soon to become a full band Rainday Rainbow song, “twisty turny thought juice, smothered in smashed up slithers of Psychedelic sauce, and pezazzed with punchy Punk doom.” https://www.instagram.com/egg_spectrum/https://www.instagram.com/onlyrainydayrainbow/
GREY-FLX – Pins and Needles “Just when you think new ‘young’ music is dying on it’s feet something comes along that just knocks you sideways ” – Welsh Connections. https://www.instagram.com/grey_flx/
MONET – Scuff Button “a band to keep your ears out for, with a contorting sound that challenges expectation at every turn” – God is in the TV. https://www.instagram.com/monetbanduk/
DEAD NOIZE – Bojack Horseman The newest band on the record, described as “three guys crammed in a Fiesta”. A rather noisy, energetic and rock fuelled Fiesta, I’d suggest… https://www.instagram.com/dead_noize.uk/
THE DC10S – I Can See Through Walls (1980) The DC10s came from our village, were just a couple of years above me in school, recorded and released this single in their teens, had it played on John Peel and reviewed in NME, then split up. Which DIY genius has inspired me all my life, and is just as perfect as their bittersweet 90 second punk pop song, on proper vinyl again for the first time in 43 years. facebook.com/punkhouserecords
SWANSEA SOUND announce their first US shows! Plus a new single and video – MARKIN’ IT DOWN.
Skep Wax Records Release date: 20 April 2024 (Record Store Day)
Available on digital and limited edition lathe-cut 7”single
Markin’ It Down is set in a second-hand record shop, where all vinyl turns up in the end. A duet between optimistic customer (Hue Williams) and unimpressed record shop worker (Amelia Fletcher), Markin’ It Down is a song that celebrates the fact that, in the end, music is music and the format doesn’t really matter. Although vinyl is probably best, especially if you can get it for half price. The lathe-cut single will be released on Record Store Day.
Swansea Sound have been described as an indie supergroup, comprising members of Heavenly, Talulah Gosh, The Pooh Sticks, The Dentists and Death in Vegas. Following on from UK dates and a live session for Riley & Coe on BBC6Music, Swansea Sound will be touring the East Coast of the US in June, and travelling to the West Coast in October.
Markin’ It Down is a version of the track that appears on Swansea Sound’s critically acclaimed second album Twentieth Century (Skep Wax Records).
What critics have said about Swansea Sound:
‘Close to an indie pop miracle.’ Tim Sendra, All Music.
‘And you thought no one wrote songs like that anymore. If there was any justice in this world, they would be blasting from every speaker this summer.’ Johnnie Johnstone, Record Collector.
‘The glorious sounds of C86 brought into the now.’ Thomas Patterson, Shindig
‘Twentieth Century’ is an absolute delight, every track sounding like it could have emerged on some exceptionally cool 7” only label in the mid-Nineties.’ Gareth James, Clash Magazine
‘Primary-coloured Buzzcocks-pop suffused with existential dread.’ Jim Wirth, Mojo
‘An essential broadcast from the forefront of the indiepop resistance.’ Andy Brown, Louder than War.
Pink Milk is a dark wave/post-punk band drenched in reverb, making occult music inspired by the 80s. The duo started out releasing music in 2015, quickly growing a reputation for their gloomy glittering sound and enslaving melodies, being praised by DIY, Wonderland, Kerrang! and Virgin Radio amongst others.
Their debut “Purple” was given the highest rating in Swedish music magazine GAFFA who called it “a dazzling display of alternative rock music” while CLASH called it “A remarkable, striking work”. Pink Milk was also nominated for best rock/metal act of the year in the Swedish National Radio Award P3 Gold, Album of the Year, and Breakthrough of the Year in the GAFFA Prize.
Their second album Ultraviolet (released in 2021) displayed the same dark atmospheric reverb-filled sound that Pink Milk have been known for, but with a new side to it in an ever-evolving sound. The Line of Best Fit gave the album 7 out of 10 and stated that “Ultraviolet is a strong record that enshrouds you with its atmospheric goth-rock charm from the very beginning”.
This time we hear a euphoric combination of cathedral-sized soundscapes and dreamy, angelic vocals, embracing a darker doomsday-inspired aesthetic.
“Too loud, to the point of no return, burrowed beneath the sheer incessant noise is an almighty, fucked-up pop song” – DIY
“A devilish congregation of swirling shoegaze guitars, beats that shake the foundation of time” – The Line Of Best Fit
“It sounds absolutely incredible!” – Kerrang! Radio
“If this wasn’t recorded in an aircraft hangar then we’ll be amazed” – Shortlist
“A fluid, loose, almost drunken drawl that you can imagine playing in the background of one of those misty bar scenes in Twin Peaks” – Wonderland
“Their gothic darkness becomes your new guiding light” – GAFFA (4/6)
“Ultra-great and hits right in the heart” – HYMN (8/10)
“Purple is the best album released in many years” – GAFFA (6/6)
Swedish dark-wave, gothic shoegazers Pink Milk make their highly anticipated return sharing their third album Night On Earth which was released on the 15th of March via Black Hair Records. With the announcement of the album, Pink Milk also shared the single “You Will Follow Me To Hell (Night On Earth)” a heavenly introduction to the album that draws you into its euphoric combination of cathedral-sized soundscapes and dreamy, angelic vocals. Speaking on the single, the band say it “serves as the gateway to an exploration of the soul.”
This announcement follows the band’s celebrated single “Andromeda” and their critically acclaimed album Ultraviolet, earning them plaudits from Sweden’s largest music publication GAFFA as well as attention further from home gaining the support of CLASH, DIY, Wonderland and The Line of Best Fit.
Inspired by science fiction and “the end of the world”, Night On Earth marks the start of a new era for Pink Milk, embracing a darker aesthetic. Throughout Night On Earth the band has explored a more electronic sound in the studio, combining ethereal soul-inflected instrumentation, ghostly vocals, blurred chords and heavy rhythms in a cosmic sonic landscape. The band continue the doomsday theme of the album while taking on an phantasmal interpretation of country classic, Skeeter Davis’ “End Of The World”.
“You Will Follow Me To Hell (Night On Earth)” offers a first taste of Pink Milk’s musical evolution. Elsewhere, “Andromeda” is a poetic Swedish language love-song leaning heavily into the eighties arrangement, cautiously mapping out the atmosphere before breaking into euphoric dreampop. While the album closer “Boy Tears” soundtracks an un-answered phone call – a missed connection, an eerie voicemail invitation from an estranged party that is never replied to, a cliff-hanger that leaves you wanting answers for something that will never come.
The band also embarked on two dates across their home country of Sweden to commemorate the release of their Night On Earth.
PAPA JUPE’S T.C. attack toxic alpha-male influencers on new single ‘High Value Male’
Released 22nd March 2024
“I loved everything about this band when I saw this.” – Amy Lamé, BBC Radio 6 Music
“If you wanted to know what it would sound like if The B-52s were to mate with Fat White Family and have children that they just left to play in primeval sludge of illegal substances then that might well be the outcome.” – Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
“A brilliant song, with an important message, from a very exciting band – really innovative track.” – Charlie Ashcroft, Amazing Radio
“That track… just WOW! That is one of the best; it’s just too good! I think you’re gonna be hearing an awful lot of this band from everyone. Coming out of Wales – Welsh music scene, once again, amazing.” – Mark McNally, Cumbernauld FM
“A band with social conscience.” – Mike James, Rock Rage Radio
“Lots of exciting stuff on the horizon for Papa Jupe’s T.C.” – Bethan Elfyn, BBC Radio Wales
FFO: Fat White Family, Viagra Boys, Warmduscher, Yard Act, Gilla Band, Fat Dog
PAPA JUPE’S T.C. announce the release of their new single “High Value Male” which will be available on all digital streaming platforms on 22nd March 2024. The song is a sleazy disco track that delves into the mind of a man who has fallen down the rabbit hole of of idolising misogynistic online influencers.
Speaking about the track, frontman Harry Willicombe comments: “There’s an epidemic of young impressionable boys being influenced by narcissistic figures on social media. We decided to approach this issue with satire so wrote the song in the first-person, from the perspective of a “High Value Male”. We recite the type of nonsense they often come out with, and then let Gem come in with a rejection before the final chorus.” “We based the takedown on actual quotes by the worst one of the bunch. We don’t want to say his name, but I think we all know who he is”, Nashville-born co-vocalist Gemini Anderson adds. “It felt right using his own words against his cause.”
Bassist Alex Miller wrote, produced and mixed the song in Jupe HQ, the band’s DIY studio. The Cardiff band will be performing the new single at their hometown headline show in Clwb Ifor Bach on 4th April 2024, along with songs from their “Wetmarket EP”, which has amassed over 60,000 streams since it was released with sold-out headline release-party gig at Porter’s, Cardiff in June 2023.
PAPA JUPE’S T.C. were founded in Cardiff in 2017 by frontman and lyricist Harry Willicombe and multi- instrumentalist Sam Butcher. Together, the pair undertake the majority of songwriting duties in a partnership dating back to 2013 with indie-rockers “Mirror Gorillas”. Bassist, Alex Miller, joined the fold shortly after and has since played an important role in the production and mixing of the band’s music, allowing the band to keep all of their production in-house.
Ash Smith’s drumming, Tom Emlyn’s synth work, Lucian Ellicott’s trumpet playing, and Nashville-import Gemini Anderson’s joyous vocals have helped cement PAPA JUPE’S T.C. as a unique voice in the burgeoning Cardiff music scene.
PAPA JUPE’S T.C.’s music combines sleazy surf rock and post-punk influences with disco beats and crescendoing gospel organs. Their dark-humoured and introspective lyricism lampoons masculinity, politics, and power.
This February, the band were recipients of BBC Horizon/Gorwelion’s Launchpad funding and were also supported by the PRS and Arts Council Wales-backed Forté Project. The band have earned a reputation for their wild live performances and theatrical stage presence. They have played sold out headline shows at Cardiff indie staples, Tiny Rebel and Porter’s, and have supported the likes of English Teacher on their UK Tour. In 2023, the band were shortlisted in the Green Man Rising Competition.
‘High Value Male’ was written by Alex Miller, Sam Butcher and Harry Willicombe, produced by Alex Miller & Sam Butcher at Jupe HQ, mixed by Alex Miller, and mastered by Steve Kitch. Harry Willcombe, vocals; Sam Butcher, guitar; Alex Miller, bass; Ash Smith, drums; Tom Emlyn, synth; Lucian Ellicott, trumpet; and Gemini Anderson, vocals.
AIRPLAY: Amy Lamé, BBC Radio 6 Music; Huw Stephens, BBC Radio Wales; Adam Walton, BBC Introducing Wales; Bethan Elfyn, BBC Radio Wales; Playlisting: Amazing Radio; Mark McNally, Cumbernauld FM, Prospect Radio.
Dates 30/03/24 – Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge 04/04/24 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach 04/05/24 – Glastonbury, All Roads Festival 10/05/24 – Swansea, Elysium 11/05/24 – The Waiting Room, London 25/05/24 – Chepstow, Devauden Festival 26/07/24 – Cardiff, Chapter Arts
Synth pop meets pseudo Americana – Josh Ace Bio, 2024
With roots firmly dug in the foothills of North London, Swansea born songwriter Josh Ace tells tales of derailed dreams, dissolute companions and life in the times of social media and virtual collective consciousness.
Apocalyptic overtones with a sense of humorous cynicism, sugar coated in power pop harmonies leave you feeling not all is lost.
Following on from ‘Everybody Panic’, an EP that came out on the first day of 2024, the next release ‘Killer Drones’ is a 5 minute dreamy synth laden track which was released t on Friday 8th March 2024.
Josh and his band will hit the road for four dates the following week: CWRW, Carmarthen – Thursday 14th March Elysium, Swansea – Friday 15th March Biddle Brothers – Saturday 16th March The Brunswick – Brighton/Hove – Sunday 17th March
”Some kind of beautiful passion at work, really ace stuff!” Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
”This is a band well worth listening out for in the future!” – Alternative Tracks
‘’Commanding vocals and with a real drive Josh has created a track that makes you want to play it again and again.’’ Fred Bambridge, It’s All Indie
Synth pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark head to Swansea next weekend! The legendary Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark will be heading to the Arena on Sat 16 Mar!
And it’s Super Saturday! We’ll be showing the final games of the Six Nations in our FSG Lounge from 13:30, kicking off with Wales v Italy at 14:15. Add on one of our Lounge packages when booking your OMD tickets, to make your evening one to remember (with hopefully a victory for Wales) – and spaces are limited.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark After the recent announcement of their forthcoming new studio album Bauhaus Staircase, synth pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) will be taking to the road next year on a 22-date tour across February and March.
By rights, OMD should be in semi-retirement, performing classics like Enola Gay and Maid Of Orleans on the nostalgia festival circuit like so many peers. Instead, they’ve created a landmark album worthy of their finest work. “We are so excited to be able to tour again with a brand new album to showcase.” says Andy McCluskey. “It’s been six years since we learned new songs for live performances. The songs from Bauhaus Staircase will fit beautifully into our setlist – we just have to choose which five to play, as we have to treat people to the hits as well!” Support for the show comes from WaltDisco.
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For The Lovely Eggs being in a band is a way of life. It’s about art. It’s about creativity and expression. It’s about following your own path and doing things your own way.
Holly and David operate on their terms, spewing out music, records, art and television shows before piling in the van and tearing round the country to perform a load of live sold-out shows.
Earlier this month the band returned with new single ‘My Mood Wave’, their first new music in nearly four years (watch the video HERE). Four long years since the release of their Number 1 Independent Chart topper, ‘I Am Moron’. But it’s not like they’ve been lazy, oh no. They made their own TV series EGGS TV and hosted it on YouTube, they dueted with Iggy Pop, piled into their van and played a load of sold-out gigs and festivals, spent two years fighting to save Lancaster Music Co-Op (a community rehearsal rooms and recording studio where they live), and then they got their heads down and wrote a new album.
‘My Mood Wave’, with its contemporary, yet haunted West Coast retro vibe, was an instant smash across the airwaves of 6 Music, Radio X etc and gave us the first whiff of what to expect from ‘Eggsistentialism’, the brand-new album from The Lovely Eggs, due May 17th via Egg Records.
“The new album is really a reflection on what has been happening to us these last couple of years, stewing up in Eggland in our own juices,” explains Holly. “It’s about loss and strength. On this album you’ll hear us at our lowest and most vulnerable. Daily life is hard. Realising everything you grew up with and loved is never coming back, alongside the responsibilities of caring for others is sometimes hard to take. The album is about life and death. Eggsistentialism. It’s about dragging yourself through all the shit to get to the other side.”
Once again, the album was recorded by the band at home in Lancaster with production work from Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann. They flew to America in December 2023 to mix the album in Fridmann’s studio in upstate New York and the results are without doubt the most expansive, mind-melting ten songs the band have delivered yet. From the twisted, sneering punk rock of opening track ‘Death Grip Kids’, to the wistful, stark seven-minute psychedelic beauty of ‘Nothing/Everything’, ‘Eggsistentialism’ sees The Lovely Eggs running the full gauntlet of emotions and sounds.
“It’s a bit of a ‘wilderness years’ album,” continues Holly. “We haven’t released a new record since 2020 and in the meantime, we’ve been here fighting shit and trying to defend a right to a lifestyle that we’ve enjoyed here in this town for the last 30+ years- as working musicians who refuse to get a “normal” job and tow the line. It’s about believing in something and not letting go. But that unwillingness to give in ultimately takes its toll. It does start to destroy you and the album is kind of a documentation of that destruction and collapse as well as the strength we’ve got to get through it all. Ultimately, this is a hopeful record about survival.”
‘Eggsistentialism’ will be released on ltd edition ‘mind green’ green 12” vinyl and CD with more breath taking/ mind boggling artwork by illustrator Casey Raymond. All orders made direct through the band’s website will come with a limited edition signed print of the album artwork, with the first 500 LP copies hand numbered and signed by the band.
There will also be an additional 1,000 LPs pressed on transparent blue vinyl with ‘coffee’ splatter exclusively available in independent record shops.
Operating in a world when true authenticity is hard to find, The Lovely Eggs are one of the most exciting, innovative and genuine bands around. Welcome to their world. Welcome to Eggland.
‘Eggsistentialism’ track-listing:
Death Grip Kids Nothing/Everything Meeting Friends at Night People TV My Mood Wave I Don’t Fucking Know What I’m Gunna Do Memory Man Things Echo You I am Gaia
Written and Recorded by The Lovely Eggs Produced by The Lovely Eggs and Dave Fridmann Mixed by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, N.Y. Assistant Mix Engineer: Mike Fridmann. Artwork by Casey Raymond
Catch The Lovely Eggs live at the following dates in May Tickets available HERE:
Thurs 23 St Lukes, Glasgow Fri 24 La Belle Angele, Edinburgh Sat 25 The Grove, Newcastle Sun 26 The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds SOLD OUT Mon 27 XOYO, Birmingham Tues 28 Thekla, Bristol Weds 29 Chalk, Brighton Thurs 30 Earth, London Fri 31 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham Sat 1 June New Century, Manchester
“They’re still able to channel an almost Dickensian parallel universe of lowlife, crime and violence into something poetic and romantic.”
THE GUARDIAN
The last gang in town The Libertines, who release their hotly anticipated new album All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade on March 15th, have announced a UK & Irish tour commencing in Dublin on 23rd September and taking in two shows at The Roundhouse in London and culminating at Manchester’s Albert Hall on 7th November. Head to the official Libertinesstore
https://thelibertines.lnk.to/PreOrder4Presale and pre-order the new album All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade to get exclusive ticket pre-sale access at 9am on Wednesday 21st February 2024. Tickets go on general sale Friday 23rd February at 9:00am.
The Libertines’ once-seen-never-forgotten live shows are here to save humanity from holograms, virtual reality and AI auto-tuned bullshit, so switch off your pocket-held marketing machine and come and experience raw analogue euphoria at the hands of these delirious musical chaos-mongers.
The full dates for the All Quiet On The Esplanade Tour are:
SEPTEMBER
23rd MON Dublin 3Olympia Theatre
24th TUE Belfast The Telegraph Building
OCTOBER
3rd THU Birmingham O2 Academy
4th FRI Norwich UEA
5th SAT Cambridge The Corn Exchange
7th MON Cardiff Great Hall
8th TUE Bristol O2 Academy
18th FRI Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
19th Sat Liverpool Mountford Hall
21st Mon Nottingham Rock City
22nd TUE Leeds O2 Academy
30th WED London Roundhouse
31st THU London Roundhouse
NOVEMBER
4th MON Sheffield The Octagon
5th TUE Newcastle NX
7th THU Manchester Albert Hall
As previously announced The Libertines will headline ‘On The Beach Festival’ in Brighton on Sunday, July 28th.
The Libertines have so far lifted three genius singles from their fabulous new album All Quiet On TheEastern Esplanade:Run, Run, Run VIDEO, Night Of The Hunter VIDEO and ShiverVIDEO Preorder your copy here: TheLibertines.lnk.to/AQOTEEPR
The Libertines are Peter Doherty – vocals/guitar, Carl Barât – vocals/guitar, John Hassall – bass guitar and Gary Powell– drums. The band have released three albums: Up The Bracket (2002); The Libertines (2004); and Anthems For Doomed Youth (2015).
R*E*P*E*A*T Fanzine- Fighting the Power Since 1994 