LIFE Release New Single/Video; North East Coastal Town Out August 19th Via The Liquid Label

Following the recent announcement of their highly anticipated third album –‘North East Coastal Town’ – LIFE return today with “The Drug”, the third single to be unveiled, which sees the band lean further still into the more intricate textures and subtle idiosyncrasies that they explore on the new record. With punchy, biting vocals and angular, dynamic guitar work, the track carries the band’s much-loved trademark hook-heavy sound.

The accompanying video (directed by long-term collaborator Luke Hallett & drummer Stewart Baxter) features various artists and friends from the creative community within Shirethorn House; a commune of artists who have taken residency in the derelict building in Hull’s city centre.

Speaking on the new single vocalist Mez Green says: “The Drug is a love song. I wrote the lyrics in the cold mountains of Italy before taking them into the room with the band. ”The Drug I needed has always been here, the drug I needed has always been near” is, for me, realising that loved ones and those that love you, no matter where you are, can always be present. I’d never really believed this before and whilst this purity is at the lyrical heart of the song musically the band decided to inject flecks of dance, pop, harmonics, and dirty pulses to give the song drive, repetition and jerk-ability.”

“The Drug” is the follow-up single to “Big Moon Lake”, which was announced alongside the details of the new album and is currently playlisted at BBC 6 Music as well as various European radio stations. The band also shared an album track at the tail end of last year called “Friends Without Names” which also amassed popular support across BBC 6 Music resulting in an A-List addition.

The band will be performing a run of instore dates the week of release followed by a local celebration in Hull on Sat 3 September at The Social. Summer festival dates include recently announced dates at BST Hyde Park supporting Pearl Jam, Sea Power’s Krankenhaus festival in the Lakes, and Mad Cool Sunset Festival in Madrid. UK & EU album tours will follow in the Autumn – full listings below.

Live dates:
Tickets for all shows: https://www.lifeband.co.uk/

8 July – BST @ Hyde Park w/ Pearl Jam, London
13^th July – Colours of Ostrava, Czech Republic
8^th Sep – Big Festival, Andalucia
10^th Sep – Mad Cool Sunset, Madrid

Album release in-stores:

19^th Aug – Record Junkee, Sheffield (7pm)
22^nd Aug – The Vinyl Whistle, Headingley (1pm) / Jumbo, Leeds (3.30pm) / Crash, Leeds (6pm
23^rd Aug – Rough Trade Bristol
24^th Aug – Parade Vibes, Watford (1pm) / Rough Trade East, London (7pm)
25^th Aug – Pie & Vinyl, Southsea (1pm) / Resident, Brighton (6pm)

UK Tour:

3^rd Sept – Album launch party at The Social, Hull
3^rd Oct – The Cluny, Newcastle
4^th Oct – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
5^th Oct – Mash House, Edinburgh
6^th Oct – The Deaf Institute, Manchester
7^th Oct – Bootleg Social, Blackpool
8^th Oct – Bodega, Nottingham
10^th Oct – The Fleece, Bristol
11^th Oct – Patterns, Brighton
12^th Oct – Scala, London
14^th Oct – Joiners, Southampton

EU Tour:

27^th Sept – Confort Modern, Poitiers
28^th Sept – Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux
29^th Sept – Astrolabe, Orleans
30^th Sept – Point Ephemere, Paris
17^th Oct – Blueshell, Cologne
18^th Oct – Molotow Club, Hamburg
20^th Oct – Café V Lese, Prague
21^st Oct – Rocking Chair, Switzerland
22^nd Oct – Arci Bellezza, Milan
23^rd Oct – Freakout, Bologna
25^th Oct – Hole 44, Berlin
26^th Oct – Merelyn, Nigmegen
27^th Oct – Rotown, Rotterdam
28^th Oct – ACU, Utrecht
29^th Oct – London Calling Festival, Amsterdam