In September 2023 UK-rock band Neck Deep have announced their upcoming self-titled album “Neck Deep”, set for release on January 19, 2024, via Hopeless Records.
“We’re so stoked to announce our new self made, self titled record” shares vocalist Ben Barlow. “With a return to roots approach, we made this record ourselves at our warehouse in North Wales, with Seb at the helm, and the rest of us over his shoulder, like it was at the start”.
The new album encompasses everything Neck Deep have excelled at across their career, enhanced and dialed to eleven. From the bouncing bombast of “Dumbstruck, Dumbf**k” and the ripping intensity of “Sort Yourself Out”, to the poetic introspection of “They Don’t Mean To (But They Do)”, it’s an album that boasts a song for almost any occasion (including, in recent single “Take Me With You”, the impending alien invasion).
In the little over a decade since Neck Deep formed in the Barlow brothers’ spare room in Wrexham, Wales, a lot has changed. From the scrappy, naively hopeful beginnings that define the starting of so many teenage bands, the pop-punks have gone on to be one of British Rock music’s most successful global exports in recent memory: top 5 records in both the US and UK, global touring, viral hits and over a billion streams just some of the fruits of ten years spent mastering their craft.
But now, as the band stands on the brink of their fifth, self-titled LP, there’s an acknowledgement that the more things change, the more – in some ways at least – they stay the same.
“This album is the sound of us knowing ourselves and knowing our ability” explains frontman and youngest Barlow sibling Ben. “It’s unapologetically us. We’re professional songwriters now and we’ve really honed in on what we’re good at – but it’s also about having fun and enjoying writing these tracks. And there are those little sonic signatures in the mix that even I can’t really put my finger on that just make it Neck Deep. It happens when we get in a room together and it clicks – it’s us just doing our thing like we always have”.
For this record, the band, completed by Ben’s older brother and bassist Seb Barlow, guitarists Matt West and Sam Bowden, and drummer Matt Powles, took ‘doing their own thing’ – and only their own thing – to the next level. Eschewing a keen list of collaborators and producers eager to work with one of rock’s hottest properties and choosing, instead, to write and record in their own warehouse space, mere miles from where they grew up. Old school, just like it used to be.
The self-titled new album can be pre-ordered/pre-saved HERE.
Track list:
01. Dumbstruck Dumbf**k
02. Sort Yourself Out
03. This Is All My Fault
04. We Need More Bricks
05. Heartbreak Of The Century
06. Go Outside!
07. Take Me With You
08. They May Not Mean To (But They Do)
09. It Won’t Be Like This Forever
10. Moody Weirdo
The band will soon be touring the US – don’t miss them. Some shows are already sold out, so better be quick and get your ticket HERE:
January 25 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
January 26 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
January 27 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live Orlando (LOW TICKETS)
January 29 – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
January 31 – Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre
February 1 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater (SOLD OUT)
February 1 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater (EXTRA SHOW ADDED)
February 3 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
February 5 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
February 6 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
February 8 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
February 9 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman
February 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre
February 13 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
February 14 – Cleveland, OH – The Agora
February 16 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
February 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
February 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel (SOLD OUT)
February 20 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live
February 21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
February 23 – Cincinnati, OH – Megacorp Pavilion
February 24 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
February 25 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
For more information on the band, follow their social media:
https://www.facebook.com/neckdeepuk
https://twitter.com/neckdeepuk
https://www.instagram.com/neckdeepuk/
Source: Kinda Agency
~ Alex
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