PLAIINS announce debut album ‘Happy Faces’

PLAIINS have announced their debut album!

Titled Happy Faces, the upcoming album from the multi-national rock band is their debut full-length album, and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via Long Branch Records.

Speaking about the upcoming debut album, vocalist Chris Reardon shares, “I wanted us to make an album that would stand the test of time, is coherent and characterful, unique and of our own and would be a great contribution to the wonderful catalogue of rock music. I have so much love, reverence and adoration for the greats and I wanted us to at least be on that level.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, PLAIINS have released a new song lifted from the upcoming debut album; Row She Said. The new song is the third single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from Sports Bar and the title track.

Speaking about the new song, Reardon says, “Row She Said is a song against right wing nationalism. We talked about writing a song like this for a while, I wanted to do it with class and not something lyrically one dimensional, it had to be done poetically with layers and also open for different interpretations unless you read the lyrics and also knew the context where we were coming from. They’re my favourite kind of songs, especially when discussing a topic such as this. There’s too many punk songs that tackle this subject too plainly in my opinion, although that also has its place. But I think we really did it right on this one. ‘She’ in this context is the country where the protagonist is from and how they feel their country calls them and pushes them to protect their idea of sovereignty. I was writing more from the UK point of view, where I’m from, especially in the wake of Brexit, but we also wrote it from the perspective where the guys are from, Germany, but can apply to any country really.”

Listen to Row She Said here: 

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

Track List: 

1. Happy Faces
2. Dirty Fish
3. Be More Animal
4. Hotel Biscuits
5. Amazon Warehouse
6. Do One
7. Executive Me
8. Beef Cake
9. Sports Bar
10. Row She Said
11. C’est La Vie
12. Special K
13. Four AM

Happy Faces is set for release on August 15th via Long Branch Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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