Hear a new noise rock ripper from JOHN, “Riddley Scott Walker”
British noise rock duo JOHN recently announced the details of their new album A Life Diagrammatic, out September 22 via Brace Yourself/Pets Care. And today, they’ve got another new song to share. Their new single is “Riddley Scott Walker” and it’s a driving noise rock anthem with big hooks and bigger squalls of guitar. It also features an appearance from Barry Adamson (Magazine, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds). Check it out below.
“We currently rehearse next to the ramshackle of an industrial port on the south coast, and we’ve always drawn inspiration from the sites and sounds of this industrial fallout,” said JOHN’s John Newton in a statement. “There’s very deliberate signposts of this throughout the album, whether that be the field recordings of a demolition sequenced into a mesmerising rhythm or the inconsistency of a signal-bound phone conversation.”
“Having identified that visual references as just as important as audible ones, we really wanted to continue driving the cinematic leanings of our music. This is something that has steadily grown throughout our back catalogue and was a key reason why we felt it relevant to collaborate with other cinematically-inclined individuals such as Simon Pegg and Barry Adamson.”
A Life Diagrammatic follows 2021’s Nocturnal Manoeuvres.
JOHN tour dates:
Sept 22nd | Southsea, UK – Staggeringly Good Brewery (Out-Store)
Sept 23rd | Brighton, UK – Resident (In-Store)
Sept 24th | Bristol, UK – Rough Trade Bristol (In-Store)
Sept 28th | Kingston, UK – Banquet Records (In-Store)
Sept 29th | Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade Nottingham (In-Store)
Sept 30th | London, UK – Rough Trade East (In-Store)
Oct 3rd | Phoenix, AZ – Linger Longer Lounge
Oct 4th | Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Oct 5th | Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Oct 7th | San Francisco, CA – Brick and Mortar
Oct 10th | Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Oct 11th | Portland, OR – Mission Theater
Oct 13th | Salt Lake City, UT – The DLC
Oct 14th | Denver, CO – Skylark Lounge
Oct 17th | St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
Oct 18th | Chicago, IL – Schubas
Oct 20th | Toronto, ON – The Baby G
Oct 21st | Columbus, OH – The Basement
Oct 24th | Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
Oct 25th | Washington, DC – DC9
Oct 26th | Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus
Nov 11th | London, UK – Pitchfork Festival
Nov 24th | Margate, UK – Where Else
Nov 25th | Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
Dec 1st | Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
Dec 2nd | Edinburgh, UK – The Mash House
Dec 8th | Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
Dec 9th | Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
Dec 10th | Tunbridge Wells, UK – The Forum
Jan 5th-7th | Bognor Regis, UK – Rockaway Beach Festival
Feb 9th | Bournemouth, UK – Bear Cave
Feb 16th | Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Feb 17th | Stowmarket, UK – John Peel Centre
Feb 23rd | Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
Feb 24th | Nottingham, UK – Bodega
Feb 29th | London, UK – Scala
