Featured Image Credit: Beatriz Oliveira
New Studio Album
Dead Club City
Out Now via RCA/Sony Music
Welcome To The DCC World Tour
Takes Over North America September 12th – October 9th
With Most Shows Already Sold Out
“Nothing But Thieves share an artful reverence for classic Manchester indie rock, but also maintain a pop sensibility and soul…[and] a sense of fun.” – SPIN
“One of today’s most refreshing indie bands.” – The Line of Best Fit
“Few bands can fasten the power of alternative rock with dramatic, soaring vocals and make it sound authentic. Nothing But Thieves do exactly that.” – PopMatters
“Led by the irrepressible Conor Mason, the Southend five-piece dazzled their doting crowd with a vulcanized fusion of Muse and Radiohead.” – The Guardian
“‘Welcome To The DCC’ is…a surging blast of energy that defies expectations.” – CLASH
“With punchy, alt-rock beats and crisp, powerful vocals, Nothing But Thieves has delivered nothing but gripping tracks and chart-topping studio albums since forming.” – 1883 Magazine
“[Nothing But Thieves] make the kind of music where every song is a potential chart assault. Their clean cut, structurally balanced sound staddles a number of styles, all of which get sharpened to a fine point through the lens of pop rock.” – Atwood Magazine
“Frontman Conor Mason was clearly born to front big rock bands in iconic venues.” – Kerrang!
June 30, 2023 – Today, platinum-selling English alt rock band Nothing But Thieves has released their anticipated new studio album, Dead Club City, via RCA/Sony Music with U.S. distribution by AWAL. PRESS HERE to listen. Dead Club City, the fourth studio album from Nothing But Thieves, features the band’s current alternative radio single “Overcome,” hit single “Welcome To The DCC,” which has amassed over 18 million global streams, recent track release “Keeping You Around” and new focus track “Tomorrow Is Closed.” A decade into their career, the band has never sounded as vital, inspired and blisteringly adventurous as they do on Dead Club City – welcome to the new era of Nothing But Thieves.
With socially insightful lyrics and an adept ability to progress their sound and experiment between the diverse genres that shape them as a band, Nothing But Thieves are marking an innovative new chapter with Dead Club City. The five-piece made a statement return with “Welcome To The DCC,” the first single and opening track off the new concept album, which has now become the band’s highest charting track ever. The confident and punchy song not only signals the band’s more sonically leftfield sound, but also advertises the world of DCC, otherwise known as Dead Club City, and the songs and ideas that follow. “Overcome,” currently Top 50 at U.S. Alternative Radio and featured across SiriusXM Alt Nation, is an epic pop track that has a fragment of nostalgia yet feels captivatingly modern and uniquely Nothing But Thieves. Backed by an anthemic melody and 80s synths, “Overcome,” accumulating over 10 million global streams, builds to an uplifting and euphoric chorus that captures the mood of the album and echoes the feelings of escapism, hope, and new beginnings. It’s an unabashed, pedal-to-the-metal road trip anthem – think Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer” relocated from California to the Essex coast. Elsewhere on the new album is the spacey trip-hop ballad “Keeping You Around,” the playful and glam “City Haunts” and the stirring rock anthem “Tomorrow Is Closed,” which conveys a backdrop to the whole record with the overarching theme of wanting to escape and find somewhere new. Dead Club City closes with the epic and intriguing prog-funk track “Pop The Balloon.” Full track listing for Dead Club City below.
Throughout the 11-track collection, Nothing But Thieves showcase their city-sized, members-only club, Dead Club City. The album’s track list and overall narrative is formed by different characters and story arcs from in and around the city. Is it a shared consciousness? Another planet? The next corporate wasteland? Heaven? Or somewhere else? Using the club as a focal point, it is easy to imagine the real- world meaning behind Dead Club City. Themes such as advertisement, unity, internet culture, the music industry, ageing and politics, as well as escapism and change are highlighted by the alienation or privilege of a members only club. Recorded and self-produced by NBT guitarist Dominic Craik alongside Jonathan Gilmore, the songs on Dead Club City are vividly alive with big ideas, pop hooks, soul flourishes, hip hop beats, crunchy riffs, and lead vocalist Conor Mason’s remarkable and slinky falsetto.
Nothing But Thieves will bring their acclaimed live show to North America this fall in support of Dead Club City for an 18-date headlining tour from September 12th through October 9th. Tickets for the Welcome To The DCC World Tour, presented by Live Nation in association with WME and War Road Management and featuring support from Kid Kapichi, are moving quickly with half of the tour already sold out, including in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Cleveland, San Diego and Austin, and Detroit and Salt Lake City recently upgrading venues. Nothing But Thieves are also touring throughout Europe this summer and fall, including a massive UK outing featuring two nights headlining London’s Wembley Arena, and will embark on a winter 2024 European tour with two nights at the Ziggo Dome nearing capacity. See below for all North American tour dates and visit https://www.nbthieves.com/events/ for the full list of upcoming shows and to purchase tickets. With a well-earned reputation for their energetic and impassioned performances, Nothing But Thieves’ live show is one not to be missed!
Over the past decade, Southend, UK quintet Nothing But Thieves – Conor Mason (vocals, guitar), Joe Langridge-Brown (guitars), Dominic Craik (guitars, keyboard), Philip Blake (bass), and James Price (drums) – has built a loyal and wide following for their impactful alt rock sound, amassing over 1.2 million worldwide album sales, 2 billion worldwide streams, and 300 million video views in addition to multiple gold and platinum records around the world. The band first debuted in 2015 with their self-titled album Nothing But Thieves, featuring their #1 US Alternative radio single “Trip Switch,” followed by their 2017 acclaimed album, Broken Machine, which charted at #2 on the UK album chart, was hailed “one of the best rock albums of the year” by The Independent, and was recently certified Gold in the UK. They’ve since \released the EP, What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way (2018), and their massively successful third album, Moral Panic (2020), which charted at #3, accrued over 320 million streams, and earned the band the Best Indie Act at Global Radio’s 2021 Awards. Nothing But Thieves released Moral Panic II in
2021 with both projects forming Moral Panic (The Complete Edition) and toured the new music throughout 2021 and 2022 with headline shows and festival dates in both the UK and Europe, including their biggest ever London headline show at O2 Arena and a 17,000-headlining show at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome, alongside a live support slot with The Rolling Stones in Lyon. Stateside, Nothing But Thieves has performed at such marquee festivals as Coachella, Lollapalooza, and BottleRock and appeared on top late night TV programs including Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and Conan.
Dead Club City Track Listing
1. Welcome To The DCC
2. Overcome
3. Tomorrow Is Closed
4. Keeping You Around
5. City Haunts
6. Do You Love Me Yet?
7. Members Only
8. Green Eyes :: Siena
9. Foreign Language
10. Talking To Myself
11. Pop The Balloon
Nothing But Thieves – North American Tour
Tuesday, September 12 – Washington, DC @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Thursday, September 14 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live *SOLD OUT
Friday, September 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
Saturday, September 16 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *SOLD OUT
Monday, September 18 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall *SOLD OUT
Tuesday, September 19 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *Upgraded Venue
Thursday, September 21 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
Friday, September 22 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues *SOLD OUT
Saturday, September 23 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre *SOLD OUT
Monday, September 25 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Tuesday, September 26 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
Thursday, September 28 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s *SOLD OUT
Friday, September 29 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory at Deep Ellum
Sunday, October 1 – Denver, CO @ Summit *SOLD OUT
Monday, October 2 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex – Rockwell *Upgraded Venue
Tuesday, October 3 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Thursday, October 5 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock
Friday, October 6 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park *SOLD OUT
Saturday, October 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *SOLD OUT
Monday, October 9 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
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