Woes announce new EP ‘Self Help’

WOES have announced a brand new EP!

The EP, titled Self Help, is set for release in May. Speaking about the EP, vocalist DJ says, “any song that you write is a cathartic human process of something that͛s happened to you or an expression of hurt or an expression of love, and for me any song that I write is self help. We wanted to write songs that sounded unique. We made a conscious decision to write distinctive sounding songs, we would only work on a piece of music if it made you feel something. And it’s our best work yet! As we were writing these songs our band was growing and growing, and we anticipated that we were writing songs that we were going to be playing in HUGE venues. We’ve never really had to write music with the expatiation of having to play it to thousands of people before. So that changed the dynamic of how we structured songs quite significantly” 

The band have also released a new single titled HLB2. Speaking about the track, vocalist DJ says, “I remember when I first demoed HLB2 I was so excited about it! I knew it had something really special. When I first started working on it, it was a totally guitar based song that sounded like what you would expect from us. When we started working on it as a band, we couldn’t get it together so it went on the backburner for a while. Then after a month or two we looked at it with fresh eyes, we were like ‘OK, holy shit, now we’re on to something.’ and the whole song was pretty much re-written from there, barring a couple bits from the original arrangement. Lyrically, the song is about trying to get it together with someone you have a casual thing with, and it not working out and the kind of self-reflections that come from that kind of experience. It’s something that has happened to me a few times I guess, and at the time I couldn’t really see why. Looking back now, I was just putting all my time and energy AND money into music, and not really leaving anything of myself for someone to want to be in a relationship with. So I tried to put myself in that headspace of, ‘what is this person’s problem’ and gradual realisation of your own flaws over time – that it was your fault all along that things couldn’t work out” 

Listen to HLB2 here:

You can view the artwork and track list for the upcoming EP below:

Track List:

1. High On You
2. Real World
3. Losing Time
4. Over It
5. HLB2

You can also catch the band live on the following dates:

2nd May – BIRMINGHAM Flapper (UK)
3rd May – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach (UK)
4th May – DORSET Teddy Rocks (UK)
5th May – LIVERPOOL Sound Basement (UK)
6th May – NORWICH Waterfront Studio (UK)
7th May – NEWCASTLE Jumpin Jacks (UK)
17th May – ZURICH Galaxy Camp (CH)
18th May – KARLSRUHE Galaxy Camp (GE)
19th May – KOLN Galaxy Camp (GE)
20th May – LEIPZIG Galaxy Camp (GE)
10th Jun – DONINGTON Download Festival (UK)
21st Jun – EDINBURGH Opium (UK)
22nd Jun – INVERNESS Tooth & Claw (UK)
23rd Jun – DUNDEE Beat Generator (UK)
24th Jun – GLASGOW The Garage Attic (UK)

Self Help is set for release May 4th via UNFD. 

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