The Tubs announce their second album, Cotton Crown, which will be out March 7 via Trouble in Mind. Today, the London-based Welsh band (self-described “Celtic jangle boyband”) have previewed the follow-up to their 2023 debut Dead Meat with a new single called ‘Freak Mode’. Check it out below.
‘Freak Mode’ was written “about dating while grieving the death of my mother,” according to vocalist Owen “O” Williams. “It’s about making wacky tragicomic romantic assumptions and being an emotional freak, but also kind of being self aware about that and explaining it to whoever you’re shagging.”
Williams wrote the new album following the suicide of his mother, the folk singer Charlotte Greig. The album artwork features a photo of Williams as an infant being breastfed by Greig in a graveyard, which was shot around the release of her debut album.
Cotton Crown Cover Artwork:
Cotton Crown Tracklist:
1. The Thing Is
2. Freak Mode
3. Illusion
4. Narcissist
5. Chain Reaction
6. Embarrassing
7. One More Day
8. Fair Enough
9. Strange
