NEWS
The Itch have officially revealed their first album It’s The Hope That Kills You and have shared a chaotic and playful new single titled Aux Romanticiser.
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The Luton based dance punks will release the album on April 10 through Fiction and I Oh You and it is available to pre order now. The record also includes earlier singles Space In The Cab as well as their debut release Ursula.
Aux Romanticiser features samples from the viral web series Subway Takes alongside Pearson Sound’s WAD and hears frontman Simon Tyrie delivering lyrics about turning into a bedroom DJ armed only with an AUX cable. “Let’s get it started You don’t even know how to cross fade Just stick it in your phone and play some Beyoncé.”
The low budget video that accompanies the track opens with a group of people questioning whether DJs are even necessary anymore before the song kicks in. The visuals then cut to scenes of friends losing themselves during a messy and indulgent night out at the club.
1. ‘Space In The Cab’
2. ‘No More Sprechgesang!’
3. ‘Can’t Afford This’
4. ‘Pirate Studios’
5. ‘Drugdealer’
6. ‘Radio Frequencies’
7. ‘It’s The Hope That Kills You’
8. ‘Aux Romanticiser’
9. ‘Ursula’
10. ‘Never Change’
11. ‘Switch It Off’
The duo previously appeared as NME’s The Cover stars in September where Tyrie spoke about the band’s approach. “What we’re trying to do with The Itch is to play fun nights that don’t feel like the industry’s got their hands all over them.”
Georgia Hardy added: “When you’re outside of the music industry you think everyone inside it knows what they’re doing and that there are rules you have to follow like playing certain shows or landing on specific playlists.
“But once you’re working in it you realise it’s all nonsense and everyone is just figuring it out as they go. That gave me the confidence to say the music and the creative world around it matter most. I mean our booking agent hates us but we just do not want to do those traditional tours because there is no upside.”
Check out the band’s live dates below.
JANUARY
28 – St Moritz Club, Soho, London, UK
MARCH
10 – Les Inrocks with Stereolab and Elias Rønnenfelt, Paris, France
MAY
13-16 – Great Escape Festival, Brighton, UK
23 – Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
24 – Dot to Dot Festival, Nottingham, UK
JULY
3-5 – Wilde Weide Festival, Kraggenburg, Netherlands
NEWS
Charli xcx has added the Music, Fashion, Film B sides “I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” “Playboy Bunny” and “If You Take the Music Then What Has She Got?” to iTunes through a new digital deluxe release titled Music, Fashion, Film (B-Sides Edition).
The three tracks had already been introduced to listeners through Charli’s @b.sides alternative Instagram account. They also appeared as physical B sides on limited edition 7 inch singles for “Rock Music,” “SS26” and “Camera,” as well as in an extensive Music, Fashion, Film box set. However, fans were unable to officially buy them as digital downloads until Sunday, July 26.
Charli previously told her audience that the songs were “never gonna go on streaming … I don’t think,” although she admitted at the time that her decision might eventually change.
“you can call me a hypocrite, i don’t mind,” Charli wrote alongside a winking emoji while announcing Music, Fashion, Film (B-Sides Edition) on Sunday.
Priced at $4.99 on iTunes, the digital collection features all 11 songs from the original Music, Fashion, Film album, along with the three additional B sides and their accompanying music videos.
Explaining her choice further on Instagram, Charli wrote: “i made b sides for each of the songs released ahead of Music, Fashion, Film because it felt natural to pair each songs with a fitting counterpart – something that’s adjacent to the album but not entirely part of it. traditionally, b sides often become fan favorites… and i guess in the case of some of the b sides for this album, that has proven to be true. i felt adamant i wouldn’t put them on streaming because it sort of felt counter intuitive to the whole ethos of those songs, but i know you all really wanted them so i’ve begrudgingly put them on itunes lol.”
Music, Fashion, Film was released on Friday, accompanied by the online premiere of the theatrical short film Charli developed to complement the project.
She will begin a short North American tour supporting Music, Fashion, Film in Philadelphia on Sept. 11. The run will then visit Brooklyn, Toronto, Boston, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, San Diego, Los Angeles, Glendale and Las Vegas.
