Haggard Cat Post New Single Quit Your Jobs From Upcoming 'Cheer Up' EP, Announce September UK Tour
Tuesday, 04 May 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Carla Mundy
Haggard Cat are back with a new single.
The chaotic Quit Your Jobs was produced by Adrian Bushby and will feature on the band's upcoming 'Cheer Up' EP, due out on September 3.
Built on feverish drums and barrelling guitar riffs, the track marks the duo's first new music since the release of their 2020 album, 'Common Sense Holiday'. It's also their first offering since parting ways with Earache Records to go independent. Vocalist and guitarist Matt Reynolds said:
"When we were writing this group of songs, Quit Your Jobs was the first track that really jumped out and grabbed us, we knew instantly that it had to be the first thing people heard from this new body of work, it was just so aggressive and felt so much more immediate than what had come before; it felt like a mission statement for where we were going next.
"There was a sense that it was coming from a place of genuine anger and frustration and Adrian (Bushby) captured it perfectly on record. We wrote the lyrics about an actual series of bad advice that we received from our old record label. We were in a meeting with them, and they literally were sat there straight-faced refusing to work on a marketing plan with us, insisting our next move was to "quit your jobs". They just kept repeating it, it was eery. Advice that also followed these pearls of wisdom was "fake your death" – I know this sounds made up but it’s 100% true."
The pair will support the EP with a UK tour in September. Tickets are on sale now.
Haggard Cat Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue September 07 2021 - NOTTINGHAM Bodega Social Club
Wed September 08 2021 - LONDON Grace
Thu September 09 2021 - HUDDERSFIELD Parish
Sat September 11 2021 - MANCHESTER Satans Hollow
Sun September 12 2021 - HUDDERSFIELD Parish
Mon September 13 2021 - GLASGOW Garage
Tue September 14 2021 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Surf Cafe
Wed September 15 2021 - MILTON KEYNES Craufurd Arms
Thu September 16 2021 - BIRMINGHAM Dead Wax
Sat September 18 2021 - BRISTOL Crofters Rights
Sun September 19 2021 - BRIGHTON Green Door Store
Mon September 20 2021 - GUILDFORD Boileroom
Tue September 21 2021 - BOURNEMOUTH Anvil
Thu September 23 2021 - NEWQUAY Whiskers
Fri September 24 2021 - PLYMOUTH Junction
Sat September 25 2021 - EXETER Cavern
Sun September 26 2021 - SWANSEA Bunkhouse
Mon September 27 2021 - SHEFFIELD Record Junkee
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