WALT DISCO
ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
‘THE WARPING’ OUT JUNE 14TH
RELEASE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO
“YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO DUMB”
SUPPORTING OMD ON UK + NORTH AMERICA TOURS
Glasgow’s Walt Disco today announce their second album The Warping, out June 14th via Lucky Number. Alongside the album announce the band have released new single “You Make Me Feel So Dumb” – the album’s “cynical disco banger”, inspired by the social burnout suffered from networking while on tour, accompanied by a wonderful tongue-in-cheek video that sees the band tearing up a stuffy corporate mixer event – watch HERE. The new track is the second release to be drawn from the new album following January single “Pearl”.
Following their current marathon 2 month European and UK tour in support of OMD, Walt Disco will reunite with the electronic pop pioneers for another support tour across North America this autumn.
Written on both sides of the Atlantic, from Los Angeles and Austin to Glasgow and London, The Warping is a significant step forward from a band who have already seen strong success with debut album Unlearning. On The Warping, deft lyricism takes in deeply personal issues and writes them large, transposing feelings of envy, fear, joy and hope out of individual experiences. Yearning for another self is a recurring dream on The Warping, as they explore gender dysphoria and envy with radical honesty, accepting them as two tangled threads in the same experience.
Taking the cinematic glam of their debut and pushing it further, the band brought in classically trained orchestral musicians. Sonically, the horns, woodwind and swelling string sections lend an entirely new level to the Walt Disco sound – one that feels both fantastically organic and technically accomplished. While the foundations were laid during pre-album recording sessions at Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music’s studio the songs themselves largely come together in collaboration. The Warping was co-produced by the band and Chris McCrory, with engineering from The Vale studios’ Chris D’Adda, and the instrumentation is almost entirely analogue.
Speaking about the new album the band explain “With ‘The Warping’ we explore themes of change, growth and dealing with the complex struggles that feature in anyone’s life. It feels like our most biographical body of work yet, listening to it now is like looking at a snapshot of a moment in time for us as people and as a band.”
They continue; “This album is a roadmap of our vulnerabilities in a way, but it feels good to be so honest with our music and lay everything on the table with both our lyrics and arrangements. That acceptance of one’s emotions and honesty with oneself is what we’d hope people can take away from listening to ‘The Warping’.”
Following the release in 2022 of their debut album Unlearning the Glasgow 5-piece picked up nominations for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award and AIM Independent Album of the Year. The band have performed at Glastonbury, Latitude, Austin City Limits and SXSW festivals, headlined their first US shows in NYC and LA and supported HMLTD and Nation of Language.
Walt Disco also ticked off some bucket list moments; be it opening for both Simple Minds and Duran Duran, as well as Primal Scream’s Screamadelica Tour, or Tilda Swinton calling them her favourite new band. The band’s singer Jocelyn Si narrated the short film ‘Christopher at Sea’, about queer identity and self-discovery, which showcased at the Venice Film Festival and Cannes. The band also featured within a Christian Louboutin campaign that sought to challenge the gender binary applied to clothing and footwear as well as performing in Paris at the Louboutin event for Paris Fashion Week.
Having supported OMD across Europe and the UK this spring, Walt Disco will join them again for a full North American tour in the autumn, alongside summer festivals including Mighty Hoopla and many more headline and festival shows to be announced shortly.
Pre-order/pre-save The Warping here: https://found.ee/thewarping
‘The Warping’ Tracklist:
Seed
Gnomes
Come Undone
The Warping
You Make Me Feel So Dumb
Pearl
Black Chocolate
Jocelyn
The Captain
Weeping Willow
I Will Travel
Before The Walls
UPCOMING LIVE DATES SUPPORTING OMD:
12/03/2024 – Leicester, UK – De Montfort Hall
13/03/2024 – Nottingham, UK – Royal Concert Hall
15/03/2024 – Wolverhampton, UK – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
16/03/2024 – Swansea, UK – Swansea Arena
17/03/2024 – Southend on Sea, UK – Southend Cliffs Pavilion
19/03/2024 – Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon
20/03/2024 – Oxford, UK – New Theatre
22/03/2024 – Portsmouth, UK – Guildhall
23/03/2024 – Ipswich, UK – Regent Theatre
26/03/2024 – Brighton, UK – Brighton Dome
27/03/2024 – Eastbourne, UK – Winter Gardens
Festival dates:
20/05/24 – Leipzig, Germany, Wave Gotik Treffen
01/06/24- Leeds, UK – This Must Be The Place All Dayer
02/06/24 – London, UK – Mighty Hoopla
9+10/06/24 -Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark – Frigjort Festival
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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
