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“The most exciting live band in London right now.” – The Line Of Best Fit
“This young British art-punk six-piece revel in taut chaos and wry lyrics.” – The Guardian
“Every song has its own unpredictable flavour but they all seem to flow from the same collective consciousness.” – Stereogum – Band To Watch
“I won’t lie, I fucking love this band.” – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music
Man/Woman/Chainsaw today share news of their debut album, “Cannonball”, coming August 7th on Fiction Records, home to The Cure, St. Vincent, The Horrors and Billie Marten amongst others.
The album will be available on eco-mix black vinyl, a limited edition berry coloured LP with signed insert and a Rough Trade exclusive blue & clear splatter edition LP paired with a bonus 7″ available nowhere else.
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They also share a new single, the pulsing, synth-led “Nosedive”, another statement track that shows quite how significantly the ambition within the band has grown in the time between their debut EP and this upcoming debut album. Nearing six minutes long and with as much in common with LCD Soundsystem as it has the art-punk scene that birthed them, it was recorded at RAK Studios with Geordie Greep producer Seth Evans & Margo Broom, who also worked with the band on their BBC 6 Music playlisted singles “Adam & Steve” and the album opener “Only Girl”.
Emmie-Mae, lead vocalist on “Nosedive” and one of three members to share lead vocal roles on the album, had the following to say about the new track:
“It’s is a song about longing for both comfort and freedom simultaneously in a relationship through the metaphor of being an injured bird needing shelter. We turned it into a danceable upbeat track, which made the tone shift throughout the song as though you find a way to pick yourself up and fly away.”
Single artwork
Formed at only 16 years old and crafting their songs in a converted vicarage, the bold new single and album follows European dates over the last month and a breakthrough 2025 where the band sold out both London’s Scala and an entire UK tour in October, their second sold out tour of the year. They played live sessions for both KEXP and Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music and completed a triumphant first trip to Austin for SXSW in the Spring, where Man/Woman/Chainsaw found themselves standing at the very forefront of a new wave of British bands “most likely to”.
The 11 songs of “Cannonball” burst forth with pure feeling: grand and exuberant, rich with unconventional structures and world-beating choruses, the long-awaited record making good on the band’s years of hard touring while unearthing new dimensions and unlikely facets in their songwriting. It is a sharp, smart first record, one which presents Man/Woman/Chainsaw exactly as they are right now: one of London’s most promising young bands, coming into their own as fearless experimentalists and vital songwriters. “We were talking about having a whole record of bangers – having everything be really in your face,” says drummer Lola Cherry.
Working with Seth Evans (Geordie Greep, Black Midi) and Margo Broom (Fat White Family, Big Joanie), Man/Woman/Chainsaw landed on a clean, grandiose sound for Cannonball, one befitting their emotional intentions. Its deft, organic blending of theatricality and raw honesty belies its intense level of craft; these songs are razor sharp and evoke the mess and stress of being in one’s teens and early-20s better than almost any other band working today.
“Cannonball” lives up to its name, crash-landing in the centre of London’s experimental scene and surely confirming Man/Woman/Chainsaw as its brightest stars.
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Cannonball
Out August 7th on Fiction Records
Tracklisting:
Only Girl – 3:36
Canyons – 2:57
Goddamn, Lizard Man! – 4:24
Lighter – 4:24
Nosedive – 5:43
Get Up and Dance – 4:21
Snakebite – 1:59
Flick of the Wrist – 2:20
The Thing – 3:50
Still Angry – 3:26
Something Else to Give – 4:46
Man/Woman/Chainsaw will be playing a selection of UK and international festivals across the summer and will be touring the UK and Ireland later in the year in support of the record.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
Man/Woman/Chainsaw live:
May
Thu 21 – Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu Club
Fri 22 – Beverungen, DE – Orange Blossom Special Festival
Sat 23 – Mannheim, DE – Maifeld Derby Festival
July
Sat 4 – Werchter, BE – Rock Werchter Festival
Fri 24 – Thirsk, UK – Deer Shed Festival
Sat 25 – Southwold, UK – Latitude Festival
August
Thu 27 – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party
Sat 29 – Paris, FR – Rock En Seine
September
Sat 12 – Asten-Heusden, NL – Misty Fields Festival
Sat 19 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Sports Club
Sun 20 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s
Tue 22 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Wed 23 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Thu 24 – Newcastle, UK – The Grove
Fri 25 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s
Sat 26 – Sheffield, UK – Float Along Festival
Tue 29 – Guildford, UK – The Boileroom
Wed 30 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
October
Thu 1 – Portsmouth, UK – The Wedgewood Rooms
Fri 2 – Bristol, UK – Thekla
Sat 3 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe
Mon 5 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Tue 6 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
Wed 7 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Man/Woman/Chainsaw are:
Billy Ward (vocals, guitars)
Emmie-Mae Avery (vocals, keys/synths)
Vera Leppänen (vocals, bass)
Clio Harwood (violin)
Lola Cherry (drums)
Billy Doyle (guitars)
