PENGSHUi announce new album ‘Destroy Yourself’

PENGSHUI have announced a new album!

Titled Destroy Yourself, the upcoming album from the grime/punk band is the follow-up to last year’s self-titled debut album and is scheduled to be released in January next year, via MVKA.

The upcoming album was written and produced with Flux Pavillion alongside production from longtime collaborator Pete Cannon and was recorded & mixed at Greenmount Studios in Leeds with Lee Smith & Jamie Lockhart. The new album intends to be the sound of a band reaching their ultimate form on their most complete piece of work to date.

Speaking about the upcoming album, MC and frontman Illaman says, “I think we’ve managed to capture our live energy on this record. With our first album, people said you have to see it live to fully get, which was cool, but we wanted to give that live feeling from the first track with this record so then when you do see a show, the energy is doubled. There is a lot of emotion and pain in this album for me, the reason we named it Destroy Yourself is because it’s about breaking yourself down and taking yourself apart then looking at what feels wrong, what makes you unhappy, the addictions you have, the life and death, love and loss and allowing the lessons from all that to help you grow. These new songs sound great to us in the rehearsal room and we genuinely cannot wait to play them out to a room full of people. I think fans of our sound will have an emotional attachment to these tunes too and that energy will be present when we get back on stage in February for the tour. These tunes are bangers on a different level to our previous stuff. We’re settled in now and we are 100% comfortable with what we are and are doing.”

“We want your fucking chest to rattle,” adds PENGSHUI drummer Pravvy Prav. “If your chest isn’t rattling, then it’s not good enough.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the first song to be lifted from the upcoming album; This Is My Youth. Speaking about the new song, Illaman says, “the idea for TIMY was born when Flux Pavillion said to me, ‘I like the way you talk, we need to make a list of things you say and put them in a record’ which then became a list of my favourite things from the present and childhood. It slowly became an ode to the 90s, our childhoods, our friends and their music. As the chorus suggests ‘this is me, this is my youth’ is a nostalgic one for all those who have fallen in love with the 90s fashion, energy and vibe in 2021 and those who grew and rose from that era.” Drummer Prav adds, “the video was shot around West London where Dave grew up and spent his younger years. Good old W10. This one is a belter and we love it! Another track we can’t wait to drop live on tour in February!!”

Watch the official music video for This Is My Youth here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Break The Law
2. Eat The Rich
3. Little Brother
4. Ain’t No Love
5. Move The World
6. I’m Sick
7. This Is My Youth
8. Ursa Minor
9. IDKWYBT
10. Shellers
11. Destroy Yourself
12. Nothing Ever Changes

And that’s not all from the PENGSHUI camp! The band have announced a headlining UK tour for February next year to promote the new album. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

Tour dates are as follows: 

February
3rd – Manchester – Star & Garter
4th – Leeds – Hyde Park Book Club
5th – Newcastle – Think Tank?
7th – Sheffield – Sydney & Matilda
8th – Milton Keynes – The Craufurd Arms
10th – Bristol – Exchange
11th – Birmingham – Asylum 2
12th – London – Boston Music Room

Destroy Yourself is set for release on January 28th via MVKA. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on PENGSHUI like their official page on Facebook.