RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘THE LAST DANCE’
NEW ALBUM ‘AFRAID OF TOMORROWS’
OUT ON 21ST JUNE VIA FICTION RECORDS
Photo Credit: Steve Gullick
Merseyside alternative rock band The Mysterines have today released their whirring new single ‘The Last Dance’, the third track to be taken from their highly-anticipated new album ‘Afraid of Tomorrows’, due for release on 21st June via Fiction Records. Listen here and watch the video here.
Bolstered by a blistering guitar solo and thunderous drum beats, ‘The Last Dance’ details finding solace in something that is not real. Frontwoman Lia Metcalfe’s imagination dances wildly through the track, as it tells the tale of a person who falls in love with a porcelain mannequin and longs to dance with them.
Lia comments on the song: “I suppose it’s an analogy for what loneliness can do to you. Once you’ve exhausted all the dark alleyways of drugs and alcohol, you end up reaching for something to connect to that isn’t real.”
Formed in Liverpool, The Mysterines – frontwoman Lia Metcalfe, drummer Paul Crilly, bassist George Favager and guitarist Callum Thompson – have undergone a radical transformation over the past few years. Fresh with new purpose and reinvigorated from songwriting sessions while secluded away in the countryside (in between playing to 60,000-strong crowds while on tour with the Arctic Monkeys), the band are now about to release the best music of their career.
Recorded and produced by Grammy Award winning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel Olsen) in LA, ‘Afraid of Tomorrows’ is a deeper and darker foray into The Mysterines’ psyche than its predecessor, and reflects the maturity and growth of the band. “Afraid of Tomorrows is a mirror where you find you’re nothing more than a formless being, one made from celestial constellations – of traumas, of the old and new, mistakes, addiction, fear and happiness, loneliness, but ultimately a desire for life and the fight to keep living. It’s a collage of what’s been lost and of love unbounded”, says Lia.
The Mysterines are set to embark on their biggest headline tour to date this Autumn. The 16-date run will kick off in Dublin on 18th October and include a stop at London’s iconic O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, culminating in Paris on 8th November. Multiple dates are already sold out – remaining tickets are available here.
The band will play a string of exciting shows this summer, including at Crystal Palace Park as special guests to Bloc Party for their huge 20th anniversary show on 7th July, and numerous festivals all over the UK and Europe including Live at Leeds in the Park, 2000 Trees, Truck Festival, Tramlines and Best Kept Secret.
The Mysterines – ‘Afraid of Tomorrows’ Album Artwork
The Mysterines – ‘Afraid of Tomorrows’ Track List:
2. Stray
3. Another Another Another
4. Tired Animal
5. Jesse You’re A Superstar
6. Hawkmoon
8. Junkyard Angel
9. Goodbye Sunshine
10. Inside A Matchbox
11. So Long
12. Afraid of Tomorrows
Summer Shows:
9th Jun – Best Kept Secret, Netherlands
11th Jun – Rough Trade East, London (Instore)
12th Jun – Rough Trade Bristol (Instore)
13th Jun – Rough Trade Nottingham (Instore)
15th Jun – Brighten The Corners, UK
17th Jun – St. John’s Church, Kingston w/ Banquet Records (Instore)
18th Jun – The Foundry, Sheffield w/ Bear Tree Records (Instore)
19th Jun – Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool
21st Jun – Southside Festival, Germany
23rd Jun – Hurricane Festival, Germany
25th Jun – HMV, Manchester (Instore)
26th Jun – Assai, Glasgow (Instore)
28th Jun – OpenAir St. Gallen, Switzerland
6th Jul – The Boileroom, Guildford
7th Jul – Crystal Palace Park, London (supporting Bloc Party)
11th Jul – 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, UK
20th Jul – Tsunami Festival, Spain
25th Jul – Truck Festival, Steventon, UK
26th Jul – Tramlines Festival, Sheffield, UK
27th Jul – Castelo Rock, Spain
2nd Aug – Y Not Festival, UK
3rd Aug – Rocken Am Brocken, Germany
5th Oct – Neighbourhood Festival, UK
Headline Tour:
18th Oct – Whelan’s, Dublin
19th Oct – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
20th Oct – Saint Luke’s, Glasgow *SOLD OUT*
22nd Oct – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham *SOLD OUT*
23rd Oct – Thekla, Bristol *SOLD OUT*
24th Oct – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
26th Oct – Olympia, Liverpool
28th Oct – Antwerp, Belgium
29th Oct – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
30th Oct – Molotow Skybar, Hamburg
31st Oct – Badehaus, Berlin
2nd Nov – Niebo, Warshaw
3rd Nov – Futurum, Prague
4th Nov – Kranhalle, Munich
6th Nov – Biko, Milan
7th Nov – Exil, Zurich
8th Nov – La Boule Noire, Paris
The Mysterines are:
Lia Metcalfe (vocals/guitar)
George Favager (bass)
Callum Thompson (guitar)
Paul Crilly (drums)
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