Shelf Lives
Electro-punk duo Shelf Lives share new single ‘All The Problems’ taken from forthcoming EP duo later this year via Modern Sky.
Speaking on the release of the new single, the duo comment: "To be vague about it, “All the Problems” is a casual chat about the suppression of emotions, specifically among those who identify as males and what it could lead to as a result. The track goes through the motions of seeking a reason behind the resulting rage and offsets extreme, sometimes violent, acts with the World's passive and unsettling way of dealing with them. There's nothing casual about the topic and events itself, yet, socially we've reached a ridiculous, dangerous place where we feel like in order to survive we need to be. Essentially, so we can... "get on with our day"."
Having released their debut single in 2021 and debut mini album in April 2022 via their own Not Sorry Mom Records imprint, All The Problems is the latest track to be shared from the forthcoming EP following previous singles Skirts & Salad and Bite from the duo comprised of vocalist Sabrina Di Giulio and guitarist/producer Jonny Hillyard.
Discussing their unstoppable force of energetic pop and electro-punk the duo say: “It’s the ideas we’re fed versus the reality, and we try to incorporate that completely in our sound by talking about these hard topics in a digestible way,” Sabrina comments. “I think that’s why the songs work, because they have that juxtaposition between the lyrics and the sound,” Jonny adds. “I just want to flash in people's faces how fucked up shit is.”
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APR 26 - 33 Oldham Street, Manchester
APR 28 - Liverpool Sound City
APR 29 - Stag & Dagger Festival, Edinburgh
APR 30 - Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow
MAY 5 - FOCUS Wales Festival
MAY 6 - Are You Listening? Festival
MAY 9 - Old Blue Last, London
MAY 11 - The Great Escape Festival
MAY 19 - London Calling (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
MAY 20 - PLAY Festival (Eersel, Netherlands)
JUNE 22, - Glastonbury Festival
JUNE 24, - Glastonbury Festival
JULY 22, — Leopallooza Festival
AUG 5 - A Stone's Throw Festival
AUG 12 - Hummer Street Sesh Festival
SEP 2 - The Roundhouse, London - TiffCuff Festival
SEP 7 - Waves Vienna Festival (Vienna, Austria)
SEP 9 - Chaplins, Bournemouth
OCT 21-22 - Sŵn Festival