Dutch Uncles aren’t truly Dutch; they’re from Manchester. No phrase on whether or not they’re truly uncles, although. I wager at the very least a few of them are uncles. The zippy art-pop band has six members; there’s received to be at the very least two uncles in there. We final heard from Dutch Uncles once they launched the 2023 album True Leisure, and frontuncle Robin Richards dropped his solo debut Taproots final yr. (Richards is definitely the bassist and lead composer, and I am unsure if that makes him the bandleader or not. Simply could not resist the phrase “frontuncle.”) Now, there is a new Dutch Uncs document on the best way.
Early subsequent yr, Dutch Uncles will launch Polygon Resort, the brand new album that they produced themselves, with Geese/Lime Resort collaborator Felix Davis readily available to combine it. It is their first since changing into a sextet, with longtime collaborators Henry Broadhead, a multi-instrumentalist, and Neil Wright, a guitarist, as full members of the band.
Lead single “No Word” has a little bit of the traditional XTC or Tears For Fears gene. It is this massive, busy track with an elaborate association and a complete lot of marimba, and its melodic choices veer everywhere. In a press launch, Duncan Wallis, the band member who may maybe be finest described as frontuncle, says this:
A 3-minute lament on time wasted taking a look at one’s cellphone. Particularly, time spent on social media and a remorse that a lot of our lives has been invested into the engine of social media, only for it to be snatched up and managed by the worst folks conceivable.
And, considerably mockingly contemplating it’s a mirrored image on time wasted, it solely took 5 minutes to jot down the lyrics.
Patrick King directed the “No Word” video, and Miles Buckle did the nightmarish ’90s-style CGI animation. Test it out beneath, together with the Polygon Resort tracklist and Dutch Uncles’ upcoming tour dates.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Outset I”
02 “Le Bin
03 “No Word”
04 “No Marvel”
05 “Catapulting”
06 “Outset II”
07 “Rialto”
08 “Boots!”
09 “Wrecking Home
10 “The Dome”
11 “Chosen”
TOUR DATES:
3/05 – Glasgow, UK @ Good N Sleazy
3/07 – Bristol, UK @ The Alternate
3/10 – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
3/12 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
3/17 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
3/18 – London, UK @ 100 Membership
3/21 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Membership
Polygon Resort is out 2/19 on Memphis Industries.
