Woes announce debut album ‘Awful Truth’
WOES have announced their debut album!
Titled Awful Truth, the upcoming album is the debut full-length effort from the Scottish pop punk rockers and is scheduled to be released in June this year.
The album follows last year’s Self Help EP which was released last year and was produced by Seb Barlow (NECK DEEP, WSTR, ROAM) whilst also debuts the addition of guitarist Luke Bovill to the band.
Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist DJ says, “Awful Truth is a record about the realities of the progression of our band over the last 18 months. Going from some guys occasionally playing gigs and trying to practice every week to playing a sold out show at Brixton, having people turned away from our Slam Dunk sets because they were full, touring the UK and Europe five times in a year. And it’s about the duality of that experience. So, on the one hand, we’re doing all these insane things, seeing all of our hard work start to pay off, meeting all these people that love our music. But on the other hand, we’re broke, it’s taking a huge toll on our relationships back home, having to take huge periods of time off work unpaid… Luke had to quit his job at one point, no savings, no real backup plan. And the record talks about both sides of the coin, we were lucky in a sense that we were writing and recording at the same time – it’s a real look into making your first record. The stress, the pressure, but then the moments of accomplishment that make it worthwhile.”
Alongside the announcement of the album, WOES have released a new music video for a new song from the upcoming album; titled Money Shoe. Speaking about the song, DJ says, “I think it’s the most honest and complete representation of what we want to sound like. It has elements of pop-punk, hip-hop, prog-metal, RnB and flows between them super naturally. The song is about being broke and wanting to use music to provide a better life for your loved ones. We approached with a perspective that matches up more closely with what you would expect from a rapper, rather than a pop-punk band, which gave us some real stand-out lyrics to go along with the music.”
Watch the official music video for Money Shoe here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork below:
Track List:
1. Boy
2. Fake Friends
3. Fancy
4. Money Shoe
5. Awful Truth
6. Suburbs
7. Mess
8. Cross
9. Gone Forever
10. Ugly
Armed with new music, WOES are raring to hit the road again. They will hit the road in Europe with MILLENCOLIN now, followed by a UK headline run in June and support to TRASH BOAT in the UK this September.
Tour dates are as follows:
Supporting MILLENCOLIN
2 May – Fribourg Nouveau Monde (CH)
3 May – Trezzo (Milan) Live Club (IT)
4 May – Cesena Vidia Club (IT)
5 May – Munich Muffat Halle (GE)
Headline tour
28 Jun – Glasgow Attic (UK)
29 Jun – Newcastle Head Of Steam (UK)
30 Jun – Nottingham Bodega (UK)
1 Jul – Bristol Exchange (UK)
2 Jul – Worcester Marrs Bar (UK)
3 July – Bournemouth Anvil (UK)
4 July – Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms (UK)
6 July – Liverpool Zanzibar (UK)
Supporting TRASH BOAT
12 Sep – Birmingham O2 Institute (UK
13 Sep – London Islington Academy (UK)
14 Sep – Leeds Stylus (UK)
15 Sep – Glasgow G2 (UK)
Awful Truth is set for release on June 28th via UNFD.
For more information on WOES like their official page on Facebook.
