MUSIC NEWS: The XCERTS Announce Album Details & Release Video For New Single ‘Pretty Ugly’
Photo Credit: Sam Carter
The XCERTS have announced their new album i think i want to go home now., due for release on 10th July 2026 via FLG Records.
The band have also released a video for their new single pretty ugly.
Speaking on the single, Macleod says: “A nod to Scatterbrain but also heavily inspired by UK post hardcore bands like Kids Near Water and Tribute to Nothing whilst pushing the sound forward. Lyrically, it’s comically brutal. The vocals are borderline incoherent but that was intentional,” says vocalist Murray Macleod.
“Another emotion I haven’t put in a song for a very long time is anger and at the time I found myself feeling very angry at the world. So this song takes a swipe at people who were criticising the band during a period when my family was going through a lot.
“The second verse is about my father and what he was going through after his cancer diagnosis. I reference the machinery that cut out my dad’s tumour, the Da Vinci XI, and also Van Gogh. Maybe I’ll splatter my brains against the wall, then you can all dissect the art, I’ll do one better than Van Gogh and cut em both off.
“The song is heavy in sound and heavy with emotion, so it was important to say something a bit left field because that’s what happens when you’re having an internal meltdown.”
Like what you hear? You can stream pretty ugly HERE.
i think i want to go home now. is available to pre-order HERE.
See The XCERTS live at one of the following dates:
June 2026
Tue 9th – STIRLING – Albert Hall*
Wed 10th – EDINBURGH – La Belle Angele*
Thu 11th – ABERDEEN – Beach Ballroom*
July 2026
Sat 11th – CHELTENHAM – 2000trees Festival (full album playthrough set)
August 2026
Sat 1st – ARBROATH – Arbroath Music and Food Festival
*w/ Twin Atlantic
