HER PARENTS - FREE DOWNLOAD SINGLE // HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALBUM RELEASED ON 12" (w/ Slipmat) - 13th May
Release free download single "Lithuanian Mercedes"
Feature members of Dananananaykroyd, Stairs to Korea and Internet Forever
Second album Happy Birthday released on 13th May (20th May Digital) with UK Tour
After recording, releasing and touring their Pitchfork endorsed debut album in a month-long flurry last August, and selling out their last single "Why Don't You Just Fu*k Off" in under an hour - Her Parents, London's most visceral punk quartet, have released the next cut of their forthcoming record, Happy Birthday.
The song, "Lithuanian Mercedes" is out for free download today. The album is released on 12" on the 13th (and Digital 20th) May 2013.
Her Parents' new record is called Happy Birthday and has songs about a haunted brasserie, hollowing out a horse and the king of the babies. Like their previous album, Physical Release, it was recorded in a single session with no instrumental overdubs. Unlike said former album, this one will be released on 12" vinyl, the B-side containing their last album 'Physical Release' as a present for said anniversary. They're way too punk to write long songs.
The various members of the eminently lovable quartet hail from Scotland, Australia, Iceland and Coventry and feature current/ex-members of Dananananaykroyd, Stairs to Korea and Internet Forever. Bassist Sean Clothier explains the complex and tortured complexities behind the music: "We are a great bunch of guys who play really quick punk songs that make you jump around and punch things for no more than about 90 seconds at a time." Easy!
"Like someone drained out Eddie Argos' avuncular side and twisted his every nerve. Art Brutal." - Pitchfork
"An album full of charm, verve and jocular spirit" - 8/10 DIY Magazine
"There's your new Birthday Present sorted, right there!" - Rock Sound Magazine
"Vibrant and raw […] full throttle punk." - 8/10 The Line of Best Fit
"London band Her Parents are very good" - The Guardian
"Seriously, I've been waiting for a punk band like this for AGES, and finally they're here!" - The 405
"Foul mouthed sonic rage. Unhinged party punk" - Sex Beat
Her Parents will be touring with Internet Forever in support of their new album Happy Birthday:
2013 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
SAT 25TH MAY - KRAAK, MANCHESTER
SUN 26TH MAY - OLD HAIRDRESSERS, GLASGOW
TUES 28TH MAY - JT SOAR, NOTTINGHAM
WED 29TH MAY - WHEATSHEAF, OXFORD
THURS 30TH MAY - UNDERTONE, CARDIFF
FRI 31ST MAY - PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON
SAT 1ST JUNE - OLD BLUE LAST, LONDON
Her Parents are, in alphabetical order: Christopher Alcxxk, Sean Clothier, Calum Gunn and Vilhjálmur Pétur.
For the latest tour dates, free downloads and more, please go to:
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