Exciting punk outfit Amyl & The Sniffers have announced their first new album in three years and are gearing up for an extensive EU tour in November!
‘Cartoon Darkness’ is due to be released on the 25th of October and was teased through single ‘Chewing Gum’ which is accompanied by a video depicting the stubbornness and personality of Amyl & The Sniffers. Singer and front lioness Amy Taylor said of the album: “‘Cartoon Darkness’ is about climate crisis, war, AI, tiptoeing on the eggshells of politics, and people feeling like they’re helping by having a voice online when we’re all just feeding the data beast of Big Tech, our modern-day god. It’s about the fact that our generation is spoon-fed information. We look like adults, but we’re children forever cocooned in a shell. We’re all passively gulping up distractions that don’t even cause pleasure, sensation or joy, they just cause numbness.”
Amyl & The Sniffers don’t beat around the bush and hit us with what can be called delicate subjects like a slap in the face. There’s nothing suggestible about this exciting punk rock outfit, they’re the refreshing and direct voice of a generation numbed by social media. ‘Chewing Gum’ is the perfect teaser for the upcoming album and is making us long for more!
The album was recorded with producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) at Foo Fighters’ 606 Studios in Los Angeles in early 2024. The album will be available on CD, black LP, indie ‘Bittersweet Moondance Edition’ LP, and limited edition glow in the dark vinyl with alternate artwork.
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