London based post-punk outfit, Warmduscher have announced that they will be releasing their fifth studio album titled ‘Too Cold To Hold’ later this year. Along with the announcement the band released the lead single from ‘Too Cold To Hold’ called ‘Fashion week’ which came with a music video. The upcoming record is set to be released on the 15th of November and will be the band’s first release on the record label Strap Originals.
Supposedly their best and most ambitious album that they have made so far, ‘Too Cold To Hold’ incorporates polyrhythmic grooves of gqom, which is a South African style of house music, as well as incorporating elements of hip-hop and jazz along with their punk-funk. The album has been produced by the group’s bassist, Benjamin Romans Hopcraft, along with Jamie Neville.
Speaking about the first track to be released from the album, ‘Fashion Week’, singer Clams Baker Jr. said: “Those that will do anything to become that thing. That creation. And live it. It’s real artistry when you don’t have the means and you’re doing it. You’re hustling to get on the guest list, you get in, you’re done up by means that you can’t really afford, whatever you do… It’s a celebration of people who will do whatever to look good and feel good and step above wherever they are in their own minds.” Watch the official music video for ‘Fashion Week’ below.
The upcoming record sees contributions from various artists which includes British singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas, Confidence Man’s Janet Planet, and Jeshi. Fans can pre- order or pre-save the forthcoming album now in various formats here.
The full track list for ‘Too Cold To Hold’ is below:
1. ‘An Introduction By Irvine Welsh’
2. ‘Fashion Week’
3. ‘Pure At Heart’ feat. Janet Planet
4. ‘Top Shelf’
5. ‘Body Shock’cfeat. Lianne La Havas
6. ‘Cleopatras’ feat. CouCou Chloe
7. ‘Immaculate Deception’ feat. Jeshi
8. ‘Out Of Body’
9. ‘Staying Alive’
10. ‘Too Cold To Hold’
11. ‘Weeds In The Garden’
Along with the announcement of the post-punk band’s fifth album, they also announced that they will be embarking on a headline UK and European tour in October and November to support the release of ‘Too Cold To Hold’.
The string of UK dates will kick off in the south-west with a show in Exeter before the group play dates in Oxford, Leeds, Manchester, Swansea, Nottingham, Newcastle and Glasgow. The band will then commence their EU leg of the tour with a performance in Dublin followed by gigs in France, Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. The whole tour will be concluded by a set at The Troxy in London on the 29th of November. Tickets for the tour are on sale now and you can buy tickets here.
The full list of Warmduscher’s 2024 UK and EU tour are:
OCTOBER
29 Phoenix, Exeter, UK
30 Cheese & Grain, Frome, UK
31 Papillon, Southampton, UK
NOVEMBER
1 Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, UK
2 Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, UK
5 O2 Academy, Oxford, UK
6 Project House, Leeds, UK
7 The Ritz, Manchester, UK
10 Patti Pavillion, Swansea, UK
12 The Leadmill, Sheffield, UK
13 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
14 Newcastle University Student Union, Newcastle, UK
15 QMU, Glasgow, UK
16 Opium Live, Dublin, Ireland
19 Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
20 L’Aeroneuf, Lille, France
21 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
22 Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
23 Neues Schauspiel, Leipzig, Germany
24 ISC Club, Bern, Switzerland
26 Petit Bain, Paris, France
29 The Troxy, London, UK
