Photo Credit: Paul Grace
JOHN have released their new single The Common Cold, taken from their upcoming fourth album A Life Diagrammatic.
The track uses sampled noise to hammer home the damaging role of traditions in our present – and how these traditions often prevent positive changes in our future.
“I’m often thinking about the changes of technology since our childhood,” comments drummer/lead vocalist John Newton. “As two individuals that grew with the appearance of mobile phones and the internet. It’s now increasingly hard to remember the years spent previous to this. Only dwindling examples, like finding out about music from now-defunct printed magazines bought from now-disappeared corner shops.”
A Life Diagrammatic is due for release on 22nd September 2023 via Brace Yourself/Pets Care Records.
JOHN have also announced additional UK tour dates, see them live at one of the following shows:
September 2023
Fri 22nd – SOUTHSEA, UK – Staggeringly Good Brewery (Out-Store)
Sat 23rd – BRIGHTON, UK – Resident (In-Store)
Sun 24th – BRISTOL, UK – Rough Trade Bristol (In-Store)
Thu 28th – KINGSTON, UK – Banquet Records (In-Store)
Fri 29th – NOTTINGHAM, UK – Rough Trade Nottingham (In-Store)
Sat 30th – LONDON, UK – Rough Trade East (In-Store)
October 2023
Tue 3rd – PHOENIX, AZ – Linger Longer Lounge
Wed 4th – LOS ANGELES, CA – The Echo
Thu 5th – SANTA ANA, CA – Constellation Room
Sat 7th – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Brick and Mortar
Tue 10th – SEATTLE, WA – Sunset Tavern
Wed 11th – PORTLAND, OR – Mission Theater
Fri 13th – SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The DLC
Sat 14th – DENVER, CO – Skylark Lounge
Tue 17th – ST. LOUIS, MO – Off Broadway
Wed 18th – CHICAGO, IL – Schubas
Fri 20th – TORONTO, ON – The Baby G
Sat 21st – COLOMBUS, OH – The Basement
Tue 24th – PHILADELPHIA, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
Wed 25th – WASHINGTON, DC – DC9
Thu 26th – BROOKLYN, NY – St. Vitus
November 2023
Fri 24th – MARGATE, UK – Where Else
Sat 25th – CARDIFF, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
December 2023
Fri 1st – GLASGOW, UK – Broadcast
Sat 2nd – EDINBURGH, UK – The Mash House
Fri 8th – MANCHESTER, UK – Deaf Institute
Sat 9th – BRISTOL, UK – Strange Brew
Sun 10th – TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK – The Forum
January 2024
Fri 5th – Sun 7th – BOGNOR REGIS, UK – Rockaway Beach Festival
