MUSIC NEWS: Dream Nails Announce Sophomore Album & Release Video For New Single ‘Good Guy’
Photo Credit: Holly Whittaker @hollywhittaker
Dream Nails have announced their sophomore album Doom Loop, due for release on 13th October 2023 via their new label home Marshall Records.
“Doom Loop is an exploration of the repeated cycles we find ourselves in,” comments vocalist Ishmael Kirby. “From political injustice and patriarchal systems to the negative spirals of our minds. A doom loop is a crisis that starts to feed on itself. It feels like there is no escape. But there is. This album is a reflection of ourselves, the world we live in, and the one we want to create.”
“Specifically, Doom Loop delves into masculinity in its many forms,” expands drummer Lucy Katz. “The good guy, the lads at school, the narcissistic politician, the incel, the sexual predator, the police officer. It looks into gender-based oppression from childhood; how isolation can breed violence against women and the rhetoric that spawns incels.”
“On the album we also celebrate masculinity by telling stories about butch and trans masculine identities,” adds guitarist Anya Pearson. “We show the shared responsibility we have in fighting misogyny. Empathy is hard to find in a divided world, but we seek it out, advocate for it, and ask how far it goes.”
The queer punk collective have also shared a video for their new single Good Guy.
Doom Loop is available to pre-order HERE.
See Dream Nails live at one of the following dates:
September 2023
Sat 2nd – COPENHAGEN, DK – Luna Riot Ball
Fri 8th – BIRMINGHAM, UK – The Rainbow
October 2023
Sun 15th – CAMBRIDGE, UK – Junction
Thu 26th – GLASGOW, UK – McChiulls
Fri 27th – MANCHESTER, UK – Canvas
November 2023
Thu 2nd – NOTTINGHAM, UK – Bodega
Fri 3rd – BRISTOL, UK – Rough Trade
Sat 4th – LONDON, UK – Omeara
Fri 24th – PARIS, FR – L’International
Sat 25th – BADEN, DE – Werkk Kulturlokal
Sun 26th – BERN, CH – Rossli Bar
Tue 28th – KOLN, DE – Blue Shell
Wed 29th – HAMBURG, DE – Hafenklang
Thu 30th – BERLIN, DE – Schokoladen
December 2023
Fri 1st – LANGENBERG, DE – KGB
Sun 3rd – MUNSTER, DE – LWL Museum
Wed 6th – ROTTERDAM, NL – V11
Thu 7th – ANTWERP, BE – Trix
Fri 8th – AMSTERDAM, NL – Cinetol
