The Rifles announce first album in seven years and 2024 UK tour

nme.com:

The Rifles have announced their first album in seven years, ‘Love Your Neighbour’, and shared news of a 2024 UK tour.The East London indie rock group are due to release their new LP on April 26, 2024 – which you can pre-order/pre-save here – and have shared the first preview in the shape of new single ‘The Kids Won’t Stop’.The band’s last album was 2016’s ‘Big Life‘.

They have also released special records in the interim, including their ‘Unplugged’ album recorded at Abbey Road Studios (2017) and ‘Live At The Roundhouse’ (2020).

Vocalist and guitarist Joel Stoker also released his debut solo album ‘The Undertow’ this year.Alongside new music, The Rifles – completed by Lucas Crowther, Rob Pyne, Grant Marsh and Deano Mumford – have announced a UK headline tour in May next year which will include a show at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town.General sale starts this Friday (December 1) at 10am GMT from here, or fans can access a pre-sale which opens Wednesday (November 29) at 9am GMT by pre-ordering the new album here.Listen to ‘The Kids Won’t Stop’ and find the full run of tour dates below.“‘Love Your Neighbour’ is saying we’re all in this big old mess together and it would be good to get along a bit more and enjoy it,” said Stoker in a press statement. “Talk to people more, help each other out when you can, say good morning and maybe take your head away from your phone for 5 minutes and appreciate the people standing next to you.