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OCTOBER DRIFT RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM 

A juxtaposition of calm and chaos, the album’s title track ‘Forever Whatever’ combines volatility with hushed verses, a meditation on emotion that moulds faults and fears into positivity, before closing track ‘The Past’ provides a euphoric conclusion, with an intensely layered sonic landscape highlighting an infectious mantra of hope.

“This album is hugely personal to us,” explain the band. “It’s years of teenage angst, loneliness, feeling you’re not good enough, all our faults and fears put into 40 minutes of guitar noise. We don’t care about being a cool band. We just wanna write music that people give a shit about. And if it connects with even a handful of people, then it’s been worth it.” 

From the brooding ‘Cherry Red’, a stark contrast of spacious ambience and affronting walls of sound, the album moves through the driving, lyrically elegiac and vastly textured ‘Just Got Caught’ into the beautifully melodic and infectious ‘Milky Blue’, with evocative vocals set against a surging, reverb-drenched soundtrack.

Formed from the fruits of a solid foundation built over years of touring and writing, Forever Whatever cements the band’s place as an important new presence, with their heavy, pop-inflected rock delivering a rejuvenating injection of fresh blood to the genre.

One of the most electrifying, charismatic and formidable live acts of the past two years – with appearances at festivals including Glastonbury’s John Peel stage, Reading & Leeds and The Great Escape, as well as a major European tour with Editors in 2018 and a slot at Liverpool’s Sound City – the band will embark on a ten date headline tour following the album’s release, including dates in Manchester, Glasgow, Brighton and London throughout February. Full dates can be found below.

FEBRUARY 2020 TOUR DATES 

7th – Bristol, The Louisiana 

8th – Birmingham, Dead Wax 

10th – Manchester, Yes (Pink Room) 

11th – Leeds, Lending Room
12th – Newcastle, Think Tank 

13th – Glasgow, King Tuts
15th – Norwich, Waterfront Studio 

16th – Southampton, Heartbreakers
17th – Brighton, The Hope & Ruin 

18th – London, Old Blue Last