The Subways release new song ‘Black Wax’

October 6, 2022 Ellis Heasley

THE SUBWAYS have released a new song!

Titled Black Wax, it is the latest single to be taken from the British indie-punk band’s upcoming fifth album Uncertain Joys, which is scheduled to be released in January next year via Alcopop! Records.

Speaking about the new song, frontman Billy Lunn says, “Caught mid-wintertime during the pandemic, hibernating in the warmth of the band’s studio, I’d indulge in days’ worth of spinning my favourite artists’ records on my turntable. Following one particularly beautiful session, I felt compelled to express my gratitude for music itself. Not just the inspiration my favourite artists offer me as a songwriter, but all the various aspects music holistically offers us as people: the respite, the sense of belonging and being understood (and thus the validation), but also the mere aesthetic pleasure of the space between our ears being tended to. Given that our first ever gig was on the hallowed stage of The Square in Harlow, which, following over a decade of Tory rule is now resigned to rubble, it felt only right to record my guitar parts with the guitar that had been built from the wood lifted from The Square‘s bar. This guitar, built by local legend Murray Torkildsen, was lent to me by a very good friend, Adam Smith, who fought so hard to save The Square in its final days. It’s no coincidence that his handle online is Black Wax. Long live The Square. Long live music.”

Listen to Black Wax here:

Uncertain Joys was recorded and produced by Lunn, who is producer in his own right. It was mixed by the Grammy Award-winning Adrian Bushby (MUSE, FOO FIGHTERS, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING), and mastered by Katie Tavini (MYKKI BLANCO, ARLO PARKS, NADINE SHAH).

You can view the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below.

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