Puppy’s long-awaited debut album, “The Goat”, will be released worldwide on January 25th, 2019, via Spinefarm Records; a fusion of earth-shattering riffs, earworm melodies and anything-goes experimentation, Puppy sound like nothing else out there.
Lead single, “Black Hole”, is available now on all platforms after premiering on BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter.
Check out the video for “Black Hole” below.
Jock Norton, Puppy vocalist / guitarist, says: “We chose "Black Hole" as the lead single because we felt that, both lyrically and musically, it really sums up the vibe of the album as a whole – fun and upbeat, but with a dark, sinister element underpinning the whole thing. With the video, we wanted to reflect that and to show a bit of what’s gone into recording our music. This record has been nearly two years in the making, and in that time we’ve been on a lot of tours and spent a lot of time together in various studios, so we had a good supply of video footage covering it all. But what we ended up capturing over that period, in the studio and on camera, turned out to be far more sinister and malevolent than we initially imagined. I think the album is better for it”.
“Black Hole” is available as an instant download upon pre-order of “The Goat”. Pre-orders – including T-shirt, long sleeve, football shirt, patch, skate-deck & cassette bundle options – can be found here.
Tracklist:
1. Black Hole
2. Vengeance
3. Poor Me
4. Just Like You
5. And So I Burn…
6. Entombed
7. World Stands Still
8. Bathe In Blood
9. Nightwalker
10. I Feel an Evil
11. Handlebars
12. Demons
Puppy’s nine-date headline UK tour kicks off on September 1st. Support across all shows comes from Grove Street Families.
UK Tour Dates 2018:
Sep 01 – Huddersfield, The Parish
Sep 02 – Liverpool, Sound Basement
Sep 03 – Oxford, The Cellar
Sep 04 – Leicester, The Cookie
Sep 05 – Southampton, Joiners
Sep 06 – Brighton, Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
Sep 07 – Newport, Le Pub
Sep 08 – Sheffield, Corporation
Sep 12 – London, The Borderline
Tickets here.
Additionally, Puppy will join the King 810 UK tour in November/December. See dates below.
UK Tour Dates 2018:
Nov 29 – Birmingham, Academy 2
Nov 30 – Brighton, Concorde 2
Dec 02 – Bournemouth, Academy 2
Dec 03 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
Dec 05 – Norwich, Epic Studios
Dec 06 – Tunbridge Wells, Forum
Dec 07 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Dec 08 – Leicester, The Shed
Dec 09 – Colchester, Arts Centre
Dec 11 – Bristol, The Fleece
Dec 12 – Northampton, Roadmender
Dec 13 – Manchester, Club Academy
Dec 14 – Leeds, Key Club
Dec 16 – Sheffield, Foundry
Dec 17 – Hull, Welly 2
Dec 18 – Newcastle, Academy 2
Dec 19 – Oxford, Academy 2
Dec 20 – London, Scala
Dec 21 – Bridgend, Hobos
Since releasing their “Vol II” EP in 2017, Puppy have been climbing the ranks of rock royalty, featuring on “Guitar Hero” with “Forever” and appearing at a host of major festivals including Download, Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury and Bloodstock, the latter pair representing a festival double-header that few bands could pull off.
A similar eclecticism has informed their choice of tours; to date, the London-based trio – Billy Howard, drums; Will Michael, bass / backing vocals; and primary songwriter Jock – have shared bills with everyone from glam-punks Creeper through to doom metallers Conan and skater boy icons CKY, all the while collecting praise from the likes of The Guardian, Radio 1, Noisey, Kerrang!, DIY and more.
And now, with “The Goat”, we see Jock, Will and Billy diversifying even more, taking the left-field melodic turns of Weezer, the hazy fuzz of Smashing Pumpkins and the straight-to-the bone sonics of the Big Four of Thrash to fashion an idiosyncratic sound that is truly unique – a melting pot of collective interests and ambitions, and one that hides a dark, bloody, occult-esque heart under its catchy melodies and scream-along, festival-ready choruses.
With eight of the album’s 12 tracks produced by Neil Kennedy (Creeper, Boston Manor) and the remaining four by Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Ghost), “The Goat” is a record that’ll inspire grins from even the most grizzled of metalheads and headbanging from the most hesitant of indie kids, dodging convention and pretension at every turn in favour of a fun-first approach.
Of the dozen tracks in question, all mixed by Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters, Placebo), “Demons” is an updated version of the 2017 stand-alone single / video, whilst “Entombed” is a ground-up re-record of what has effectively become a signature Puppy tune; the other 10 songs are brand new, with “I Feel an Evil” seeing Will step into the lead vocal spotlight for the first time.
One of the year’s finest guitar albums from one of the country’s most entrancing new bands.
Line-up:
Billy Howard – Drums
Jock Norton – Guitar, Vocals
Will Michael – Bass
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/puppyvybes
twitter.com/puppyvybes
Lead single, “Black Hole”, is available now on all platforms after premiering on BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter.
Check out the video for “Black Hole” below.
Jock Norton, Puppy vocalist / guitarist, says: “We chose "Black Hole" as the lead single because we felt that, both lyrically and musically, it really sums up the vibe of the album as a whole – fun and upbeat, but with a dark, sinister element underpinning the whole thing. With the video, we wanted to reflect that and to show a bit of what’s gone into recording our music. This record has been nearly two years in the making, and in that time we’ve been on a lot of tours and spent a lot of time together in various studios, so we had a good supply of video footage covering it all. But what we ended up capturing over that period, in the studio and on camera, turned out to be far more sinister and malevolent than we initially imagined. I think the album is better for it”.
“Black Hole” is available as an instant download upon pre-order of “The Goat”. Pre-orders – including T-shirt, long sleeve, football shirt, patch, skate-deck & cassette bundle options – can be found here.
Tracklist:
1. Black Hole
2. Vengeance
3. Poor Me
4. Just Like You
5. And So I Burn…
6. Entombed
7. World Stands Still
8. Bathe In Blood
9. Nightwalker
10. I Feel an Evil
11. Handlebars
12. Demons
Puppy’s nine-date headline UK tour kicks off on September 1st. Support across all shows comes from Grove Street Families.
UK Tour Dates 2018:
Sep 01 – Huddersfield, The Parish
Sep 02 – Liverpool, Sound Basement
Sep 03 – Oxford, The Cellar
Sep 04 – Leicester, The Cookie
Sep 05 – Southampton, Joiners
Sep 06 – Brighton, Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
Sep 07 – Newport, Le Pub
Sep 08 – Sheffield, Corporation
Sep 12 – London, The Borderline
Tickets here.
Additionally, Puppy will join the King 810 UK tour in November/December. See dates below.
UK Tour Dates 2018:
Nov 29 – Birmingham, Academy 2
Nov 30 – Brighton, Concorde 2
Dec 02 – Bournemouth, Academy 2
Dec 03 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
Dec 05 – Norwich, Epic Studios
Dec 06 – Tunbridge Wells, Forum
Dec 07 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Dec 08 – Leicester, The Shed
Dec 09 – Colchester, Arts Centre
Dec 11 – Bristol, The Fleece
Dec 12 – Northampton, Roadmender
Dec 13 – Manchester, Club Academy
Dec 14 – Leeds, Key Club
Dec 16 – Sheffield, Foundry
Dec 17 – Hull, Welly 2
Dec 18 – Newcastle, Academy 2
Dec 19 – Oxford, Academy 2
Dec 20 – London, Scala
Dec 21 – Bridgend, Hobos
Since releasing their “Vol II” EP in 2017, Puppy have been climbing the ranks of rock royalty, featuring on “Guitar Hero” with “Forever” and appearing at a host of major festivals including Download, Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury and Bloodstock, the latter pair representing a festival double-header that few bands could pull off.
A similar eclecticism has informed their choice of tours; to date, the London-based trio – Billy Howard, drums; Will Michael, bass / backing vocals; and primary songwriter Jock – have shared bills with everyone from glam-punks Creeper through to doom metallers Conan and skater boy icons CKY, all the while collecting praise from the likes of The Guardian, Radio 1, Noisey, Kerrang!, DIY and more.
And now, with “The Goat”, we see Jock, Will and Billy diversifying even more, taking the left-field melodic turns of Weezer, the hazy fuzz of Smashing Pumpkins and the straight-to-the bone sonics of the Big Four of Thrash to fashion an idiosyncratic sound that is truly unique – a melting pot of collective interests and ambitions, and one that hides a dark, bloody, occult-esque heart under its catchy melodies and scream-along, festival-ready choruses.
With eight of the album’s 12 tracks produced by Neil Kennedy (Creeper, Boston Manor) and the remaining four by Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Ghost), “The Goat” is a record that’ll inspire grins from even the most grizzled of metalheads and headbanging from the most hesitant of indie kids, dodging convention and pretension at every turn in favour of a fun-first approach.
Of the dozen tracks in question, all mixed by Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters, Placebo), “Demons” is an updated version of the 2017 stand-alone single / video, whilst “Entombed” is a ground-up re-record of what has effectively become a signature Puppy tune; the other 10 songs are brand new, with “I Feel an Evil” seeing Will step into the lead vocal spotlight for the first time.
One of the year’s finest guitar albums from one of the country’s most entrancing new bands.
Line-up:
Billy Howard – Drums
Jock Norton – Guitar, Vocals
Will Michael – Bass
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/puppyvybes
twitter.com/puppyvybes