Recorded with Nick Launay (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), U Should Not Be Doing That (backed with B-side, Facts), the new single from Amyl & the Sniffers sees hints of The Stones’ Miss You, a whiff of Detroit garage grit yet maintains Amy’s distinct vocals & the Melbourne group’s charm at the heart of this muscular groove, the first of it’s kind since their sophomore album, Comfort To Me from 2021. Listen to the tracks here.
The single will be released on limited edition 7 inch, on May 24th.
”Lyrically they’re both pretty self-explanatory. U should not be doing that makes me laugh, but it’s also in a way poking fun at the shock that people still feel at a little bit of skimpy clothing, and the bitchy high school way that the music community still is (yes I’m talking to you random 40 year old metalheads sitting around a table doing lines and bitching about a 28 year old chick in a band for wearing shorts and “selling out”) but it mainly makes me laugh” explains Amy Taylor. ”It’s unconscious and meant nothing at the time of writing it but now I think it’s a comedic way of rubbing the dog’s nose in its own dog piss after it wee’d on your favourite rug or something.”
The band have confirmed a small club show at London’s Scala on May 27th 2024, the band are also headlining Bearded Theory festival in Derbyshire on May 26th.
The band head out on a North American Tour in July / August including supporting the Foo Fighters.
Check out the video for U Should Not Be Doing That below-
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