Working Men's Club: Last News

Working Men’s Club have announced their biggest UK and Ireland headline tour to date – tickets will be available from here.The Yorkshire band are set to release their second studio album, ‘Fear Fear’, on July 15 via Heavenly Recordings. It’s already been previewed with the 2022 singles ‘Widow’, ‘Circumference’ and ‘Ploys’.Today (July 5), Working Men’s Club confirmed that they’ll be hitting the road in November for a string of nine UK/Ireland dates in support of their forthcoming record.They’ll be visiting Glasgow (November 18), Newcastle (19), Birmingham (20), Brighton (22), Bristol (23), Dublin (25), Manchester (26) and Cambridge (27) before ending the stint at the Forum Kentish Town in London on November 29.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (July 8) – you can purchase yours from here, and see the full live itinerary in the tweet below.Pleased to announce that we are going to be playing some shows in the UK and Ireland in November, tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am from https://t.co/OgRw68FCzuGlasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Dublin, Manchester, Cambridge and London, we’ll see you soon X pic.twitter.com/sIgREmZ8Q9— Working Mens Club (@work1ngmensclub) July 5, 2022Working Men’s Club are due to open for Primal Scream in Halifax on Friday night before playing various festivals, including Tramlines, Bluedot and Kendal Calling.

Working Men’s Club have announced a new remix EP, called ‘The Steel City’, which will see producers from Sheffield reimagine tracks from the band’s ‘Fear Fear’ album.The EP will be released exclusively through Sheffield independent record store Bear Tree as a limited-edition bonus CD alongside the new album, which arrives on July 15.Working Men’s Club frontman and songwriter Syd Minsky Sargeant has become immersed in the city’s musical community since recording their self-titled debut album there. The group’s guitarist Mairead O’Connor is also originally from Sheffield.Among the producers enlisted for the new EP are Toddla T, who tackled ‘Money Is Mine’; Charla Green, who re-worked the title track; and the band’s longtime collaborator and producer, Ross Orton, who took on ‘Ploys’.

Working Men’s Club have today (May 31) shared a new single – check out ‘Ploys’ below.The song is taken from their recently announced second album, ‘Fear Fear’, and follows on from the previously released tracks, ‘Widow‘ and ‘Circumference‘.The band’s self-titled debut album came out in 2020, and they announced last September that its follow-up was finished.‘Fear Fear’ will come out on July 15 via Heavenly, and frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant discussed its creation and themes in a statement, saying: “The first album was mostly a personal documentation lyrically, this is a blur between personal and a third-person perspective of what was going on.“I like the contrast of it being happy, uplifting music and really dark lyrics,” he added. “It’s not a minimal record, certainly compared to the first one.

Working Men’s Club have shared a new single from their forthcoming second album ‘Fear Fear’ – you can listen to the track below.The brooding song, ‘Circumference’ is “built on the kind of crystalline, heaven sent synth lines that Depeche Mode or The Human League used to trade in” according to a press release.“I’m feeling alright now the time is passing by / The further we fall makes me feel fine,” sings frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant on the track.It follows the band’s previous single ‘Widow’, which was released last month.The band’s forthcoming album, the follow up to their 2020 self-titled debut is due for release on July 15 via Heavenly (pre-order here).Minsky-Sargeant previously said of the new record: “The first album was mostly a personal documentation lyrically, this is a blur between personal and a third-person perspective of what was going on.“I like the contrast of it being happy, uplifting music and really dark lyrics,” he added. “It’s not a minimal record, certainly compared to the first one.

Working Men’s Club frontman told fans via his band’s official Twitter account today (April 18) that his debut record is on the way.“Been working on a solo record for quite some time now. It’s very nearly finished.

Working Men’s Club have announced a one-off London show for next week – find all the details below.The Yorkshire band are set to take to the stage at Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle, London next Wednesday (March 30). A “limited” amount of tickets will go on sale at 10am GMT tomorrow (March 25) – buy yours here.You can check out the official gig poster in the tweet below.The announcement comes after Working Men’s Club recently returned with ‘Widow’, the first single from the group’s forthcoming second album ‘Fear Fear’, which comes out on July 15 via Heavenly.Last week saw the band play string of shows at SXSW 2022 in Austin, Texas.

Working Men’s Club have announced full details of their second album, called ‘Fear Fear’ – listen to first single ‘Widow’ below.The band’s self-titled debut album came out in 2020, and they announced last September that its follow-up was finished.‘Fear Fear’ will come out on July 15 via Heavenly, and frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant discussed its creation and themes in a statement, saying: “The first album was mostly a personal documentation lyrically, this is a blur between personal and a third-person perspective of what was going on.“I like the contrast of it being happy, uplifting music and really dark lyrics,” he added. “It’s not a minimal record, certainly compared to the first one. That’s because there’s been a lot more going on that needed to be said.”Pre-order ‘Fear Fear’ here and watch the band’s ‘Widow’ video below.“We just set out to make the best-sounding album we could,” Minsky-Sargeant added of ‘Fear Fear’, which was produced by Ross Orton, whose previous credits include Arctic Monkeys and M.I.A., at Orton’s studio in Sheffield.Me and Ross have worked tirelessly together on it this past year and I’m really proud of the outcome,” Minsky-Sargeant tweeted when announcing the album was finished last year.See the artwork and tracklist for ‘Fear Fear’ below. 1. ’19’ 2. ‘Fear Fear’ 3. ‘Widow’ 4. ‘Ploys’ 5. ‘Cut’ 6. ‘Rapture’ 7. ‘Circumference’ 8. ‘Heart Attack’ 9. ‘Money Is Mine’ 10. ‘The Last One’ Reviewing Working Men’s Club’s self-titled debut album, NME wrote: “Cycling through the conflicting emotions that come from living in a society that’s set itself on fire, ‘Working Men’s Club’ is an attention-demanding debut that couldn’t have come at a better time.“Hope, despair, destruction and the desire for new