The Tubs announce UK tour and share new single, "Narcissist"
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UK & Ireland Spring Tour Announced
New Album, Cotton Crown Due 7th March On Trouble in Mind
London-based Welsh band The Tubs release “Narcissist,” the second single from their forthcoming album Cotton Crown, out March 7th via Trouble In Mind. “Narcissist” is a melancholy sophisti-pop track— a reflection of the darker, more personal territory explored on Cotton Crown. Here, vocalist Owen ‘O’ Williams delves themes of love-psychosis alongside addictive hook-laden guitar parts from George Nicholls.
Of the track, Williams says: “Narcissist is another tune about dating post-grief. It’s about hearing someone’s a sociopathic nightmare and wanting to be manipulated or abused as a distraction from the larger nightmare of death. It’s also about noticing a kind of sociopathic aspect of yourself in which you see your life as an interesting plot rather than something real and emotionally consequential. So it’s fitting that Nicholls does some of his most Marr-like guitar work, but we also wanted to create a kind of sad crooner atmosphere.”
The Tubs - "Narcissist":
https://tubs-narcissist.lnk.to/Ba7LPg
Album Preorder:
TheTubs.lnk.to/CottonCrown
Watch the video for previous single "Freak Mode" here
In March and April, The Tubs will embark on a tour of UK and Ireland, followed by an extensive US tour in May, including support slots with The Wedding Present. Tickets can be found here.
UK/Ireland Live Dates
18th March - Birmingham - Hare & Hounds 2
19th March - Newcastle - Zerox
20th March - Manchester - Gulliver's
21st March - Glasgow - The Rum Sack
22nd March - Leeds - Wharf Chambers
23rd March - Nottingham - The Bodega
25th March - Bristol - The Louisiana
26th March - Southampton - Heartbreakers
27th March - London - Oslo
28th March - Ipswich - Smokehouse
29th March - Brighton - The Hope & Ruin
4th April - Limerick - Dolan's KASBAH
5th April - Dublin - Workman's Cellar
6th April - Belfast - Ulster Sports Club
Cotton Crown is a true level up album which sees the band expand their sonic palette to take in a kaleidoscopic range of influences: everything from soulful pub rock to Husker Du aggression to melancholy Smiths-like pop gets a look in. As Pitchfork noted, The Tubs see jangle as a ‘vast world of moods and muses’ and Cotton Crown sees them continuing to explore this world and creating a distinctly Tub-ular sound in the process. This is in no small part down to Owen ‘O’ Williams’ vocal performance- often compared to a young Richard Thomson- and his frank, bleakly funny lyric writing with palpable sense of risk in his self assessments/confessions.
The essential trick Cotton Crown plays is to offset Williams’ lyrical bleakness with joyous, hook-laden blasts of pop perfection. This is largely down to the guitar work of George Nicholls, who, across the album, effortlessly slips between the virtuoso jangle of Marr, the driving folk-rock of Pentangle and the chorus-heavy hi-fi grooves of contemporary bands like Tops or The 1975. Add to that the breakneck rhythm section of Taylor Stewart (Drums) and Max Warren (Bass) - who attack each song with power-pop ferocity, recalling Guided by Voices at their drunken-yet-tight best - and you’ve got yourself a recipe for indie rock greatness.
Cotton Crown Tracklist:
1. The Thing Is
2. Freak Mode
3. Illusion
4. Narcissist
5. Chain Reaction
6. Embarrassing
7. One More Day
8. Fair Enough
9. Strange
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