Indie outfit Sports Team have announced that they will be releasing a new album next year titled ‘Boys These Days’. The upcoming project will be the follow up to ‘Gulp!’ and will mark the group’s third studio album. It is set to be released on the 28th of February 2025 via Distiller Records and Bright Antenna. To preview the upcoming album the band have accompanied the announcement with a new single ‘I’m In Love (Subaru)’.
The lead single from their forthcoming album is a slower 80s style Bryan Ferry inspired track about a Subaru. ‘I’m In Love (Subaru)’ has been released with an accompanying music Video, directed by Dora Paphides, which sees the six members of the Mercury Prize nominated band all gathered and playing their instruments around a red Subaru as the singer, Alex Rice, sings about his love for the car. Watch the video below.
According to Rolling Stone Rice said about the new single: “The song captures that tension between those glossy inanimate objects you can project any desire onto versus all the stuff that creeps in behind it. It should be a very uncomplicated love song, talking about cars and how people perceive their relationships, but with humanity, nothing is ever that simple.”
He continued talking about how Bryan Ferry influenced the single: “Having been in London guitar world for a quite while, I began looking at people like Bryan Ferry and how it can be a bit more fun if you play around with characters.
“He looks like he’s having a better time than a lot of the bands from our generation, and that’s what you want to be shooting for. The video we did with Dora really taps into that dramatic side too. It’s something that has always been there, but it felt right to really explore it around this song.”
Fans can pre-order the album here on CD, vinyl or cassette as well as a special picture disc vinyl. You can also buy exclusive ‘Boys These Days’ t-shirts from the group’s official store.
The announcement of the upcoming record has come alongside an announcement that Sports Team will be embarking on a run of ten shows as part of a headline UK tour later this year in support of the project. The tour will take place throughout November and will begin with a performance at Manchester’s New Century Hall followed by shows in Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds and Bristol before coming to an end at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on the 25th of November.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale at 10am on Friday the 26th of July and fans can buy tickets here. Before that there will be a presale which will begin at the same time on the 24th of July, and fans can access this by pre-ordering a copy of ‘Boys These Days’ from their official store.
The full list of Sports Team’s 2024 dates are below:
14 – Manchester, New Century Hall
15 – Birmingham, Castle & Falcon
16 – Liverpool, Arts Club
18 – Sheffield, Foundry
19 – Glasgow, SWG3
20 – Newcastle, Boiler Shop
22 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
23 – Leeds, Wardrobe
24 – Bristol, Trinity Centre
25 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
