Fresh from announcing the January release of his new album, Internationally Unknown, which he made with Tim Armstrong (Rancid / Transplants), Rat Boy shares a new video for its aggy street-punk opening track ‘Chip On My Shoulder’. The majority of the video captures skateboarding scenes and other footage that Rat Boy filmed in Los Angeles during breaks in the album’s recording sessions. It’s interwoven with a raw live performance in an empty farm warehouse back home in Essex.

With rapid-fire edits and a grainy, lo-fi aesthetic, the video captures the raw energy of Spike Jonze’s ‘Video Days’ and the experimentalism of Harmony Korine’s ‘Trash Humpers’. Rat Boy – aka Jordan Cardy – acted as director, editor and DOP on the video, which he shot with regular visual collaborator Thomas Davis, drummer Noah Booth and friend Jack Ogles.

With the help of punk/hip-hop crossover maestro Tim Armstrong, Internationally Unknown elevates Rat Boy’s rabble-rousing riot act to a new level. He’s drawing on diverse influences which echo, at various points, The Clash, Beastie Boys, The Prodigy, Rebel MC, Green Day and Run DMC.

Rat Boy is about to hit the road with The Dumb & Confused Tour. It will culminate with three themed London shows:

NOVEMBER

8th – Nottingham, Rock City

9th – Liverpool, Invisible Wind Factory

10th – Sheffield, Leadmill

11th – Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall

13th – Bristol, O2 Academy

16th – London, Bush Hall

17th – London, Electric Brixton

18th – London, Electric Ballroom

The Amorettes are releasing the title track of their new album, Born To Break, as a single, alongside a new lyric video, courtesy of Andy Pilkington at Very Metal Art. “‘Born to Break’ is the title track from the current album,” says Songwriter/Guitarist/Vocalist, Gill Montgomery . “and it’s consequently what inspired the overall theme of the entire album.”

‘Born To Break’ is the third single from the UK Top 40 hit album and, drawing on a range of personal experiences during the writing process, Montgomery was able to bring some of her most diverse songs, and creative writing to the fore.

“Everyone goes through crap in their life,” she continues, “and for me, this is a song about having the resilience to battle through the tough times that life throws at you, and the strength to focus on the positives in life, which should be celebrated.”

The Amorettes continue to promote their most exciting release yet, and are on tour across the UK this November and December:

11 November – Monstersfest, Inverness (with The Dead Daisies)

21 November – Think Tank Underground, Newcastle

22 November – The Key Club, Leeds

24 November – Esquires, Bedford

25 November – Joiners, Southampton

27 November – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

28 November – The Adelphi, Hull

29 November – Arts Club Loft, Liverpool

30 November – Rock City Basement, Nottingham

1 December – Winter Rocks Festival, Sheffield

2 December – Koko, London (special guests to The Wildhearts)

3 December – The Mill, Birmingham (special guests to The Wildhearts)

4 December – SWG3, Glasgow (special guests to The Wildhearts)