Delighted to present our first ever AI created video for “Woe” which is taken from our recent “Hard Cold Fire” album. The video was created by Roni Abramowsky for Firma Productions and has a stark cinematic look to it. You can watch below…
“The song itself is looking at finding a way out of misery and looking ahead. Focusing on things you can change and using bad experiences as a springboard to make the right moves.” Andy Cairns
“Hard Cold Fire” is out now on Marshall Records. Stream/buy/listen HERE
Yes indeed! To go with the “Hard Cold Fire” tour we have some new shirt designs, a beanie and a rather cool looking scarf added to the online shop. You can browse and buy HERE!
All the November/December 2023 “Hard Cold Fire” headline shows are now onsale. We will have the awesome Bokassa in tow so these shows are not to be missed!
“Hard Cold Fire” is finally out right now! It’s been a crazy old journey over the last 33 years to get to this point but here it is, album #16. Feedback on the advance songs has been killer as have the reviews but most importantly you can now hear it yourselves…You can buy/listen below and HERE
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There are a few album release ‘instores’ next week where we will be playing the new album in full, they’re all sold out bar Oxford but rest assured there’s a full ‘proper’ Hard Cold Fire tour coming later in the year. All the shows confirmed to date (and festivals etc) are on the main site here
Finally (for now!) a huge thanks to all our friends out there who have bought our records, gig tickets and merch and stayed with us through the pandemic, sharing your stories and cheering us on. Without you we wouldn’t be here, so thank you from the very bottom of our dark, twisted, lovely hearts.
As we always say, we couldn’t do this without you folks!
Now strap in, crank the volume and enjoy “Hard Cold Fire”!
Extremely happy to confirm our 16th album “HARD COLD FIRE” will be released on 5th May, brought to you via Marshall Records. We’re hugely proud of the album and delighted to share cover, track list and the pre-order info today.
10 brand new dark bangers, produced and mixed by Chris Sheldon with artwork by Nigel Rolfe. You can pre-order limited colour vinyl, cd and cassette, as well as an exclusive t-shirt, test pressings and handwritten lyrics now!
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Please note the green vinyl version is autographed & only available direct from the band HERE
New album also means new LIVE SHOWS! We have festivals happening this summer with the ‘proper’ album tour later in the year. A few shows already booked so keep an eye on social media and on the OFFICIAL TOUR PAGE to see the upcoming dates as they get added.
Looking forward to bringing ‘Hard Cold Fire‘ to a city near you soon!
Cheers for your ongoing support and looking forward to you all getting to hear the new tunes!
Yes, its that time of year when the band share what listening/watching/reading they have been enjoying this year. Loads of amazing stuff to enjoy this year, read on->
MICHAEL McKEEGAN
Watching
Stranglers-Limelight, Belfast Ash-Shiiine On Festival At The Gates-Wacken Festival The Dropout Slow Horses 1899 The Chestnut Man Traitors Start Up Only Murders In The Building Stewart Lee-Tornado Bad Sisters
Listening
Editors-EBM Girls In Synthesis-The Rest Is Distraction Darkthrone-Astral Fortress Killing Pace-Killing Pace Devil Master-Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night Pertubator-Final Light Def Leppard-Diamond Star Halos His Lordship-All Cranked Up ep Viagra Boys-Cave World Chat Pile-God’s Country Funeral Chic-Roman Candle Drug Church-Hygiene Blind Illusion-Wrath Of The Gods Wormrot-Hiss Ozzy Ozbourne-Patient Number 9 Suede-Autofiction Black Halos-How The Darkness Doubled Voivod-Synchro Anarchy Sonja-Loud Arriver KEN Mode-Null Echo Machine-The Cage Petbrick-Liminal High Vis-Blending Sweet Teeth-High Anxiety U-Ziq-Magic Pony Ride Regulate-Regulate
Reading
Klaus Bartos-The Sound Of The Machine:My Life In Kraftwerk & Beyond Michael Hann-Denim And Leather Jess Kidd-Things In Jars Emma Haughton-The Dark Merlin Sheldrake-Entangled Life Sarah Pearse-The Retreat Stuart Neville-The House Of Ashes Albert Camus-The Plague Barney Hoskyns-Major Dudes:A Steely Dan Companion Hari Kunzru-Red Pill
ANDYCAIRNS
Watching
Everything Everywhere All At Once Pleasure Blonde Nil by Mouth Crimes of the Future The Worst Person in the World The Innocents (2021 Eskil Vogt) Nope Licorice Pizza Boiling Point FIFA Uncovered Mateo Kovačić scoring screamer at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea against Liverpool in January Ash at Shiiiine On Festival Enola Gay live La Muerte live in Belgium Lightning Bolt/Sly and the Family Drone/Big Lad at the Scala in London
Listening
Dømes – Opal Cassels – A Gut Feeling Helms Alee – Keep this be the Way Cave In – Heavy Pendulum Iceboy Violet – The Vanity Project Blackhaine – Armour II Petbrick – Liminal Peng Weng – Six of the Best of the Worst of Peng Weng Blind Eye – Decomposed Thee Alcoholics – Seven Inch Burial – Streetlands Off! – Free LSD Girls in Synthesis – The Rest is Distraction James Johnson & Steve Gullick – Everybody’s Sunset No Spill Blood – Anvil Crawler Rews – The World that you Left Behind Enola Gay – Gransha La Muerte – Sortilegia Lucrecia Dalt – Ay Benefits – Meat Teeth
Reading
Sidney Gottlieb & Donal Martin – Haunted by Vertigo Rachel Aviv – Strangers to Ourselves Paul Ride – Ride to Hell Eddie McCreadie’s Blue & White Army – Eddie Mac Eddie Mac Kier-La Janisse – House of Psychotic Women Martin Knight – Broken Wafers CFCUK fanzine Sight & Sound Magazine
NEIL COOPER
Watching Surge The Bear StartUp Archive 81 Better Call Saul Breaking Bad Inside Man Am I Being Unreasonable? Sisters of Mercy – Suikerrock Festival Ash – Shiine On Festival At The Gates – Wacken Festival PIL – Rock City, Nottingham Benefits – Bodega, Nottingham
Reading Dr Richard Shepherd – Unnatural Causes The Secret Barrister – Stories of The Law & How It’s Broken Frederick Douglass – Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass Fintan O’Toole – Heroic Failure Ken Follett – Pillars of The Earth Grayson Perry – The Descent of Man
Listening Art Blakey & Clifford Brown – A Night at Birdland Vol 1 Benefits – Thump Kae Tempest – More Pressure Enola Gay – Scrappers Lewsburg – In This House Pet brick – Primer Anthrax – Spreading the Disease
Delighted to confirm Andy is taking part in the Contrast Arts Festival in Mallorca on 26th November, 2022 where he’ll be playing T? songs & be accompanied by a string section for a portion of the set (& not just Diane ). Tix/infocontrastmallorca.com
We are pleased to announce a new set of dates for the UK this coming November and December. This tour will be different to our last few tours in that we are, firstly playing places/venues that we have not played for a very very long time or indeed if before at all. Some were even on our earliest of tours and so could not be accommodated on more recent runs.
Secondly, as well as going back to places ‘from our past’ we will also be going back to songs from our past!! We will have a totally different set list to that which we had on the ‘greatest hits’ and more recent ‘album’ tours. We will be picking songs from our old catalogues as well as a few from our forthcoming new album. it will be loud and noisy!!! It may well also be the last time that we play some of these songs.
So come along to hear the old, the new and the noisy…and be aware that these shows will be much more up close and personal!
Now that the majority of the re-scheduled “30th Anniversary” shows are done (And what a huge success they were, thank you all so much!) we’re now starting a run of summer festivals. A couple have been cancelled and a few new ones added so please check the TOUR PAGE to see exactly where we will be and when this summer. Looking forwarding to seeing you all in the great outdoors soon!