Manchester-based alt-rock band The Blinders have unveiled their new single “Always“, alongside an accompanying video.
The track is the second taste of their upcoming album ‘Beholder‘, set to be released on Friday 1st March 2024 via A Funhouse Recordings / EMI. Pre-order it here
Beholder is a record born out of a period of flux within the band; their previous drummer left the group in 2020, Thomas ‘Cass’ Castrey who used to be the band’s tech on the road took over the drum stool full time, while keyboard player Johnny James was also recruited as Haywood and Doncaster school friend and fellow Blinders’ founder, bassist Charlie McGough, realised the interruption in their band’s life opened more possibilities than the doors it closed.
The record shares a frenetic energy with their previous albums but there’s a new depth both lyrically and musically to the album. Launay and Greenspan’s astute rock production adds wider atmospheres and sophisticated textures and lyrically the band effortlessly marry angry social observations with a personal desperation which sees Beholder sweep rollercoaster-like through minimal then maximalist twists and turns.
Watch the Stuart Nimmo-directed video for “Always” below.
The Blinders 2024 Tour Dates
MARCH
06 – Rescue Rooms – NOTTINGHAM
07 – Thekla – BRISTOL
08 – KOKO – LONDON
09 – Castle & Falcon – BIRMINGHAM
11 – SWG3- GLASGOW
12 – Wardrobe – LEEDS
14 – New Century Hall – MANCHESTER
18 – Le Supersonic – PARIS
20 – Trix Bar Club – ANTWERP
21 – Molotow Skybar – HAMBURG
22 – Privatclub – BERLIN
24 – Blue Shell – COLOGNE
25 – Paradiso – AMSTERDAM
Beholder Tracklist:
- Ceremony
- Brakelights
- While I’m Still Young
- At Any Hand But Hers
- Always
- Iggy Got Camaro
- Waterfalls Of Venice
- Nocturnal Skies
- Swallowing Static
- All I Need
