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Jehnny Beth has shared a new single called ‘No Good For People’. Listen below, and find details of her upcoming UK in-store shows.
The song will appear on the Savages frontwoman’s second solo album, ‘You Heartbreaker, You’, which is due for release on August 29 via Fiction (pre-order/pre-save here).
“The idea of the song came as I re-watched the first season of True Detective,” Beth explained of the track.
“There’s a scene at the end where the character played by Matthew McConaughey says that he can be hard to live with: ‘I don’t mean to, but I can be… critical. Sometimes I think I’m just not good for people… I wear them down’.”
As for how the scene in the HBO crime drama had inspired ‘No Good For People’, Beth added: “It spoke to me because it questions the inability to coexist with others and the delicate balance where the truth can be heartbreaking.”
The single is accompanied by a bizarre and eerie official music video, directed by Beth alongside her creative partner and longtime collaborator Johnny Hostile.
“For this album, Johnny and I worked on the music and the visuals simultaneously. One moment we were recording in the studio, the next we were taking pictures, or making a t-shirt, one always informing the other,” Beth said.
“For the ‘No Good For People’ video, we explored this idea of the double, how we can be two-faced sometimes, or want to hide our ugly side.”
She went on: “It was made soon after David Lynch had died and somehow, when I watch it now, I can see a bit of his influence in the surrealistic aspects of some of the scenes (with blue curtains instead of red though!!)”
‘No Good For People’ follows on from Beth’s recent singles ‘Broken Rib’ and ‘Obsession’.
Additionally, the singer has announced a brief run of UK in-store live shows for September, in partnership with Rough Trade. Tickets for these dates can be purchased by pre-ordering the record from the individual shops here.
SEPTEMBER
01 – Rough Trade, Liverpool
02 – Rough Trade, Nottingham
03 – Rough Trade, Bristol
04 – Rough Trade East, London
These will follow Beth joining Queens Of The Stone Age for their two huge shows at Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus next month. She recently confirmed a 2025 UK and European headline tour too, including two gigs in London. Find any remaining tickets here.
Speaking to NME recently, the singer discussed what fans could expect from her live shows for the new record.
“I think people want to see some real shit now: things with integrity, things with presence,” Beth explained. “That’s where I want to go.”
She continued: “The album is a heart-to-heart so the stage will be eyes-to-eyes. It’s about a moment. I’ve been a huge fan of Fugazi since I was a teenager so there will be elements of that raw, unique energy.”
Beth released her first record under her own name in 2020 with the acclaimed ‘To Love Is To Live’, which earned a four-star review from NME.
MUNA have officially shared full details of their long awaited fourth studio album, Dancing On The Wall, which is scheduled to arrive on May 8.
The news comes with the release of the record’s title track and its accompanying official video, giving fans their first real look at what the trio’s new chapter sounds and feels like.
To mark the occasion, the group are planning a run of intimate underplay performances in Los Angeles, New York and London during release week. It will be a special opportunity to catch MUNA up close before they step back onto larger stages later this year.
Opening up about the project, the band described the title song as a standout moment within their body of work.
They shared: “Dancing On The Wall is possibly our favorite song we’ve made as a band. We think it’s all the best parts of MUNA – it’s coming from a really emotional and lonely place, but the song itself makes us feel powerful and euphoric. It’s written in the moment that the clock strikes midnight at the ball, and you have to give up the fantasy. In this case, it’s the fantasy of loving someone or something that can’t love you back.”
The 13 song album was produced by Naomi McPherson, allowing the band to take full creative ownership of the sound and direction. It is a project that pulls listeners straight to the dancefloor while still keeping its vulnerability front and center.
MUNA, made up of Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin alongside McPherson, have continued to build momentum over the years and were personally chosen by Harry Styles as the opening act for his first solo tour. Since then, they have also performed with Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, in addition to sharing bills with Lorde, boygenius and Phoebe Bridgers.
Dancing On The Wall follows their 2022 self titled album, which marked their first release as independent artists after signing to Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records in 2021.
Fans can stream the title track across all major platforms now. For tickets to MUNA’s upcoming shows, visit laylo.com/whereismuna/m/munatour.
Dancing On The Wall tracklisting:
It Gets So Hot
Dancing On The Wall
Eastside Girls
Wannabeher
On Call
So What
Party’s Over
Big Stick
Mary Jane
Girl’s Girl
…Unless
Why Do I Get A Good Feeling
Buzzkiller
