Alternative rock band Demob Happy shared their new sci-fi sounding track “Sympathy Boy“.
The new single has its premiere on Jack Saunders BBC Radio 1 Future Artists show on the 6th July. It has been produced and recorded by frontman Matthew Marcantonio and mastered in the famous Abbey Road Studios in London.
SYMPATHY BOY – New Single – Broadcasting NOW on all good streaming services – https://t.co/Bfdo3Hw1q3
Written by Demob Happy.
Produced and Recorded by Matthew Marcantonio.
Mixed by Dom Craik.
Mastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road pic.twitter.com/MHHCjiuHpu— Demob Happy (@DemobHappy) July 7, 2021
Marcantonio described the single as: “hypnotic, bittersweet, maybe inter-dimensional“. The “Sympathy Boy” has been written before the lockdown and as per pandemic progress, the songs was more and more relevant. “It’s been quite frustrating at times sitting on the song, yet feeling its relevance grow. Actually, the whole album is kinda like that! These are songs for now” he continued in an interview with DIY.
The frontman also commented on the third and upcoming album: “It has been ready – gestating, growing and germinating – for a little while now. But because of the last year, and the foundation having been ripped from the music industry, we’ve been stuck in a kind of limbo, neither coming nor going really, constantly at the whim of other people’s plans. But it’s sounding wonderful, and is, quite frankly, the best stuff we’ve ever done“.
“Sympathy Boy” can be streamed here. Watch the video below.
Demob Happy starts their tour next month. They will also play at the sold-out Reading & Leeds festival weekend 27-29th August, alongside Stormzy and Sam Fender.
See the band’s UK tour dates below. The band shared on their Twitter exciting news about playing at Scala in London: “London, we play our biggest headline show EVER at the @ScalaLondon on Sep 9th. It’s gonna be special. Our last London show at The Garage was pure electricity + one of the most joyous, insane gigs we’ve done. Lets fuckin top it“.
Tickets can be purchased here.
25/08/21 – Cavern – Exeter
26/08 – Thekla – Bristol
27/08 – Reading Festival
28/08 – Leeds Festival
31/08 – O2 Academy – Oxford
01/09 – Club Academy – Manchester
02/09 – O2 Academy – Liverpool
03/09 – Newcastle – Northumbria Uni
04/09 – Broadcast – Glasgow
06/09 – Bodega – Nottingham
07/09 – O2 Institute 3 – Birmingham
09/09 – Scala – London
10/09 – Patterns – Brighton
11/09 – Patterns – Brighton
