Sunset Sons today release a new single, ‘Problems’, produced by long-time collaborator Catherine Marks (Foals, The Big Moon). The first new music from the band since The River EP in summer 2018 (which has since clocked over two million streams online), the new track arrives just ahead of a run of four UK underplay shows, including London’s The Camden Assembly on June 26. With all dates now sold out, the shows follow a November tour as special guests of Nothing But Thieves, and arrive just ahead of summer festival dates including Truck Festival and Boardmasters.

Speaking about the new video for the taut, urgent ‘Problems’ - shot in and around South London’s House of Vans - frontman Rory Williams says; “It’s centred around a character who has lost his way. He’s been dealt some shitty cards over time and he blames himself - very much a 'feel sorry for me' guy. Even though he’s a good person, life has ground him down, and as a result, this is the person you see. It’s no Marlon Brando performance but it paints the picture.”

The new release is the product of a song-writing purple patch from the Hossegor-based Sunset Sons, following the winter run of shows with Nothing But Thieves (which took in a night at London’s Alexandra Palace). “Every day’s a school day now,” laughs Williams; “I try to write every day - when I’m at home I do a 9 to 5 pretty well every day. Although it sometimes starts a little later than 9, you know.” Speaking about the band’s partnership with Catherine Marks - who produced The River and will also be at the helm for the band’s forthcoming second album - Williams says; “CJ wants to hear your weirdest ideas in the studio - she’s been putting our keys and guitars through different pedals in recording sessions, and we love what she’s brought to the new material. She’s essentially the fifth member of Sunset Sons.”

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24 June GLASGOW The Attic Bar SOLD OUT

25 June MANCHESTER Jimmy’s SOLD OUT

26 June LONDON The Camden Assembly SOLD OUT

28 June TRURO The Old Bakery  SOLD OUT

Wintersleep have a new video for ‘Forest Fire’, the latest single from the band's seventh full length album, In the Land Of, which was released via Dine Alone in March. The director, Christopher Mills, explained the video: "We wanted ‘Forest Fire’to be a stage play on a grand scale, in which Mother Nature conquers over all. This was a fun video to make. Members of the band sent video performances over iPhones. I mapped and built these into “puppet faces” on the houses, with the aim of giving each house its own personality, as our “hero house” gently serenades his neighbour, soothing her with love throughout a series of catastrophic events. A theatric narrative of random events occurring over time, culminate in a fiery conclusion, vying for an operatic and dark undertone. There's a sort of “digital veneer” that some might find mildly abrasive - while others might see this as “painterly”. Either way, what’s for sure is that the pianos are lightning, the guitar solo is definitely fire, and the bass guitar is the ocean that holds it all in."

On In the Land Of, this geography is both real and imagined. It is understood that our surroundings are not, in fact, essential or concrete elements; they’re constructed in relation to us, the inhabitants. Our identities, too, are constructed in relation to the land. The land, both physical and figurative, changes, and so do we. Familiar land. Foreign land. Inhospitable land. Un-ceded land. Stolen land. Dead land.

Like all Wintersleep records, In the Land Of encourages thought and introspection. The new record’s title is an incomplete thought, a blank that is filled in across the record with different places, words, and sounds. “A lot of the songs touch on this idea of being a stranger or feeling foreign in all the different landscapes in which the songs took place lyrically,” explains vocalist and guitarist Paul Murphy. “It all relates back to the land,” adds guitarist Tim D’Eon.

In the Land Of follows 2016’s The Great Detachment, which saw it's lead single “Amerika” spend 11 consecutive weeks atop Canada’s rock radio charts, remaining in the Top 10 for over 7 months as well as winning an Indie Award for Single Of The Year and a JUNO Award nomination for Adult Alternative Album.

In September Wintersleep will take to the road with tour dates throughout Europe. Full tour dates can be found below. The JUNO Award winners have previously toured several continents and shared stages with Pearl Jam, Broken Social Scene and The Hold Steady, a performance on Late Night with David Letterman and even an opening slot for Sir Paul McCartney.

September live dates 

23rd Sept // UK, Manchester // The Castle Hotel

24th Sept // UK, Glasgow // Venue TBA

25th Sept // Ireland, Dublin // Grand Social

27th Sept // UK, London // Omeara