Southampton, UK indie rock / indie pop band Welly have unveiled their new single “Roundabout Racehorse” alongside a music video.
The song, written and produced by Elliot Hall, features on their forthcoming debut album “Big in the Suburbs“, due to be released March 31. Pre-order your copy here.
UPDATE 2/10/2025: “Roundabout Racehorse” is our new Single of the Week!
Self-recorded in a Scottish January, the 14-track album, is described by the band as “47 minutes of Live, Laugh, Love and Hatred.”
The new single origins are as unglamorous as its subject matter: a damp university basement, fresh from a trip home, written in 15 minutes. It’s a sharp, funny take on the time warp of homecomings, where people either tell you how much you’ve changed or remind you that you’re still the same awkward kid who got a terrible Year 8 haircut. Welly explains:
“‘The Roundabout Racehorse’ is about going back home and bumping into characters from your past that make you feel either good about yourself, or that you’ve done nothing in life. Going home is a checkpoint, you feel the same, but everyone comments on how different you are. You can get tethered to this idea of your past self, unable to escape that first girlfriend or that terrible haircut. You wish you could feel like a Roman gladiator making his Nostos, but in fact, you end up coming home with a hangover and the cat’s claw marks on your jeans.”
Speaking about the playful video, they add:
“We worked with our school friend and tolerant confidant Harvey Payne. As we have for all of our videos, filming Joe’s Honda Jazz round our hometown, trying to rip off The Specials’ ‘Ghost Town’ video. Give it a watch, we go to McDonald’s in Jockey silks and a Pantomime Horse costume”.
Watch / listen below.
Welly Dork Hype List Tour 2025:
- 06.02 – Leeds || Oporto
- 07.02 – Newcastle || Grove
- 08.02 – Manchester || The Deaf Institute
- 09.02 – Glasgow || McChullis
- 12.02 – London || Colours Hoxton
- 13.02 – Southampton || Heartbreakers SOLD OUT
- 15.02 – Nottingham || Bodega
21.03 – Resident Records || Brighton – Instore
23.03 – Rough Trade East || London – Instore
