Petrol Girls Announce New Album 'Cut And Stitch', Line Up UK and European Dates
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Written by Helen Payne
Petrol Girls have announced their new album and an accompanying tour.
‘Cut And Stitch’, the follow up to last year’s ‘The Future Is Dark’ EP, will arrive on May 24 via Hassle Records. Vocalist Ren Aldridge said:
“Cut & Stitch' is a patchwork of different sounds, ideas and feelings. It’s the most experimental record we’ve made so far, both musically and lyrically. Cutting and stitching is a process that can go on indefinitely - stitches are easily unpicked, new shapes can be cut, everything can be rearranged. We cut our patches off of old clothes and sew them onto something else. Continuity is an idea that underpins the record, from "the sound does not arrive" to "we’re not finished, we never fucking will be." This follows on from the sentiment of our last EP, ‘The Future is Dark.’ Political change is a slow, complicated process that’s often only partly visible with hindsight. Making change is a constant collective process that never stops. Its probably impossible for us to see our place within it or to know what consequences our actions will have. It isn’t as simple or hopeless as straightforward victories and failures.
Feminism has become more of an overall approach than an obvious topic, seeping into the way we think about everything from the environment to mental health. We’ve also started to think more about what feminism means for men, given that half of the band are men, and explore the perspective of a man struggling with expressing his emotions in Talk in Tongues.
The majority of the lyrics were written in the studio. I was having a difficult time, unsure about where to live after we finished the record, and burnt out from a tough year of personal and legal challenges. Something that I’ve reluctantly allowed feminism to teach me is that we have to tend to our own wounds, and that sometimes being vulnerable is just as radical as being angry - it certainly scares me a lot more. Rage on its own isn’t sustainable. We hope this is a more honest and human record.”
Alongside the news, the band have shared the LP's first single, The Sound. Naturally, it's an angry and agitated hardcore track, with a thoughtful narrative introduction about the movement and agility of sound.
‘Cut And Stitch’ tracklist:
1. Intro
2. The Sound
3. Tangle of Lives
4. Interlude (Q&A)
5. Big Mouth
6. Interlude (Looming)
7. Monstrous
8. No Love For A Nation
9. Skye
10. Burn
11. Talk in Tongues
12. Interlude (They Say)
13. Rootless
14. Weather Warning
15. Naive
Petrol Girls have new tour dates planned across the UK, including in-stores at Rough Trade Nottingham, Bristol and London East. Tickets are on sale now. They also have festival slots lined up at Brighton’s Ladyfuzz, Leicester’s Handmade, the Great Escape, Hell Hath No Fury, 2000Trees and various European appearances too.
Petrol Girls Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon May 27 2019 - NOTTINGHAM Rough Trade Instore
Tue May 28 2019 - BRISTOL Rough Trade Instore
Wed May 29 2019 - LONDON Rough Trade East Instore
Fri May 31 2019 - LONDON New Cross Inn
Tue June 04 2019 - STAFFORD Red Rum
Wed June 05 2019 - EXETER The Cavern
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