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DREAM NAILS announce self-titled debut album
Set for release 03 April 2020 via Alcopop! 
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Release raucous new single ‘Text Me Back (Chirpse Degree Burns)’

London punk witches Dream Nails have announced their long anticipated debut album, the self-titled ‘Dream Nails’, will be released on 03 April 2020 via Alcopop! Records. The record has a strong emphasis on empowerment and railing against society’s injustices, especially from a queer feminist perspective. It’s an intoxicating and rallying kaleidoscope of righteous rage, tongue-in-cheek commentary on modern constructs and pure riotous fun.

Along with the announcement of the album, the band have released new single ‘Text Me Back (Chirpse Degree Burns)’. The track tackles the anxious hellscape that is 21st century dating and the excruciating pain of being left on read. Dream Nails offer a money back guarantee if you still care about the cretin who ghosted you after listening to this single on repeat for a whole bus ride home.

The band’s singer Janey Starling explains: “For those born beyond the M25, ‘chirpse’ is London slang for flirting and ‘chirpse degree burns’ is our personal slang for the injuries borne from romantic misadventure. The song is a tribute to the gut-wrenching feeling of checking your phone every 5 minutes to see if your crush has replied.” The band’s drummer Lucy Katz adds “The song started as a joke after a fateful Glastonbury where a couple of band members (who shall forever remain unnamed…) got ghosted by their festival crushes.” .

The songwriting session from which ‘Text Me Back’ arose was swift, cathartic… and, by the band’s own admission, slightly unhinged. Guitarist Anya Pearson continues: “God only knows how rational, sensible, competent people can be reduced to quivering beasts in moments like this – yet no punk witch is safe. If you’ve ever been ghosted, allow yourself to manically wallow.”

The first single to be revealed from the record, ‘Corporate Realness’, was another relatable anthem for modern-day life – a sardonic antidote to bullsh*t office culture. The track has received plays on BBC Radio 1 as Next Wave on the Indie Show, as well as Radio X and Kerrang! Radio and the band have been widely tipped by the likes of The Guardian, Vice, Nylon, i-D and CLASH.

For fans of Bikini Kill, The Julie Ruin, Dream Wife, The Regrettes and The Ramones, Dream Nails’ live show is a vibrant, all-consuming affair that’ll find you dancing, singing and shouting along in no time. Dream Nails’ fresh energy and youthful power promise to set your soul on fire at a series of live dates across the UK (and beyond) in the coming months, including an album release show at London’s Oslo on 23rd April. Their last headline date in London, at The Old Blue Last in September 2019, sold out in advance so make sure you don’t miss out on tickets. See below for full listings.

Dream Nails on tour: 

JAN .supporting Anti-Flag 

08 Lisboa, Portugal - RCA Club 

 09 Madrid, Spain - Caracol 

 10 Vitoria, Spain - Kubik 

 11 Zaragoza, Spain - Sala López 

12 Barcelona, Spain - Estraperio 

14 Milan, Italy - HT Factory
APRIL 

23 London, UK - Oslo - Album Release Show 

24 Bristol, UK - Louisiana 

25 Reading, UK - Are You Listening? Festival 

26 Southampton, UK - Heartbreakers 

 Plus more to be announced. 

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