HUMOUR SHARE NEW SINGLE “PURE MISERY”
“PURE MISERY” EP OUT NOVEMBER 25TH ON SO YOUNG RECORDS
At the start of the summer So Young Records – whose recent releases have included Vlure, Been Stellar and Lime Garden among others – announced the signing of Humour, a Glaswegian group still in their relative infancy, but one who arrived musically fully-formed, pairing together fragments of off-kilter post-punk, erratic indie-pop and discordant post-hardcore, delivering a sound that is at once disorientating and immediate. Early shows in support of Do Nothing and Folly Group have already marked them out as a must see live band, propelled by the unhinged lyrical energy of front man Andreas Christodoulidis.
The band’s debut single “yeah, mud!” paired off-kilter, emotive verses in seachange to an immediate, melodic chorus, while its follow-up “alive & well” was propelled by gang vocals that predict a firm future of firing up their audience – these thrilling introductions seeing the band immediately championed by the likes of Radio 1, 6 Music, DIY, Dork, CLASH, Brooklyn Vegan and more.
With their six-track debut EP, “Pure Misery”, set for release on November 25th. (pre-order the record direct from So Young here), the band today share the thrilling title track, a choppy, unhinged paean to the often uncertain process of fronting a band.
The band’s frontman Andreas had the following to say about how the song came together:
“Pure Misery is about finding or putting yourself in a position where you areexpected to have something important to say, and realising that you don’treally. I wrote the song about being a singer in a band, and standing up toaddress lots of people in a very serious way as though I must have somethingmeaningful to relate; something the audience needs to hear. It feels a littleridiculous doing that sometimes, especially when the songs are most oftenjust about stories or feelings. So the narrator of the song is supposed to betrying to convince the audience that he has something very profound to tellthem, and he’s kind of stalling until he can come up with something.”
Paired to a video that sees Andreas singing from a water tank, the sunroof of a mobile home, a paddling pool and most consistently a hole in the ground, the visuals match the absurdity of the vocal delivery and the idea of a singer as a spokesman for a generation. Sometimes, they’re just words.
Humour live together in Glasgow and formed across the 2021 lockdowns, writing and recording their material at home, with the music intended as a backdrop to Andreas’ lyrics. Sometimes they’re about letting people down, sometimes they’re about pets dying, sometimes they’re about trying to say something when you don’t have anything worth saying. They’re usually just trying to paint a picture, with Andreas drawing sketches to go along with each of their songs, including the EP cover, and the artwork and visuals behind the lyric videos for both “yeah, mud!” and “alive and well”.
They hope that each song looks the way that it sounds.
The band have announced a string of further dates in support of their debut EP, including launch shows in both Glasgow and Edinburgh close to release:
SEPT
27th – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, UK w/ The Lounge Society28th – The 100 Club, London, UK w/ Deadletter
OCT
8th – Tenement Trail, Glasgow, UK21st – Left of the Dial, Rotterdam, NL29th – Dark Arts Festival, Leeds, UK
NOV
3rd – L’International, Paris, FR4th – La Carene, Brest, FR5th – Bebop Festival, Le Mans, FR24th – Sebright Arms, London, UK25th – Yes, Manchester, UK26th – Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, UK
DEC
3rd – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
Humour are:
Ruairidh Smith – DrumsLewis Doig – BassRoss Patrizio – GuitarJack Lyall – GuitarAndreas Christodoulidis – Vocals
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago and married my childhood sweetheart and life is good.
