Bristol post-punk quartet The New Cut have a new single out and an EP on the way. “London, Out There” is available now via Modern Sky, arriving ahead of the ‘Sleepers, Mourners’ EP, out March 13. The track marks a deliberate shift in tone, drawing from the brooding melodic instincts of Protomartyr and Do Nothing while staying grounded in the New Wave and post-punk lineage the band has built their sound around. It lands with genuine weight, moody and considered, a strong indicator of where The New Cut are headed.
The song was sparked by frontman Henry Gerrard’s observations of Bristol’s rapidly changing landscape. “Whilst walking past a part of Bristol, I was taken aback by the amount of new development being built by the riverside of The Avon New Cut,” Gerrard explains. “Bristol is a city with an immense amount of character and culture, but has recently seen office building after office building developed throughout.” That tension between place and personal experience runs through the track, connecting urban displacement to Gerrard’s own period of reflection during a health battle. The New Cut have shared stages with SPRINTS, Buzzcocks, and The Bug Club, and played The Great Escape, Dot To Dot, and Left Of The Dial. The spring tour runs through April and into May.
‘Sleepers, Mourners’ EP Tracklisting:
- Oversight
- And As Always
- Valuable Customer
- CHRS PCKHM
- London, Out There
- Arnos Vale
Live Dates:
April 11 – Blackpool – Bootleg Social
April 12 – Manchester – YES
April 13 – Leeds – Oporto
April 14 – Kingston upon Hull – Polar Bear Music Club
April 15 – Glasgow – McChuills
April 22 – Bedford – Bedford Esquires
April 23 – London – The Grace
May 2 – Bristol – The Croft