Itās official. āIntermittent Fast Livingā, the new album by PET NEEDS is a UK Top 20 Album.Ā
Crash landing into the charts atĀ No.17Ā on 23 Feb, the Essex punksā third album is their highest charting to date and finds them rubbing shoulders with huge acts the likes ofĀ Kanye West, Ariana Grande,Ā andĀ IDLES.
Masterminding a campaign to smash into theĀ UK Official Top 40Ā that the band dubbed āBottom of the Popsā, it seems their plan may have worked a little too well as they suddenly find themselves in theĀ UK Official Top 20.
Speaking about the record’s success, frontmanĀ JohnnyĀ told theĀ BBCĀ earlier this week:
“It is bizarreā¦ None of us were prepared for thisā¦Ā The fact that we are up there with Kayne West is incomprehensibly unreal.ā
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Encapsulating the stop-start life of a contemporary punk band constantly jolting between rockānāroll dreams and domestic duties, āIntermittent Fast Livingā is the riotous, relatable new record from the Essex quartet.
Their third studio album in as many years, its frantic 11 tracks pinball through songs of love and loss, the trials & tribulations of touring, punk protests against pay-to-play shows, lucid life lessons learnt from a new puppy, and just about everything in between. It includes previously released singles āSeparation Anxietyā and āSleep When Iām Deadā, which had spins fromĀ Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music,Ā John Kennedy on Radio X,Ā Total Rock,Ā BBC Introducing,Ā Amazing RadioĀ andĀ Kerrang Radio.
Receiving early plaudits fromĀ PunktasticĀ they praisedĀ ā[PET NEEDSā] superpower comes from channelling their normality and repurposing the magic they experience in their everyday lives as insightful, honest rockā¦Ā enough bangers to open up an ironic pitā. ElsewhereĀ V13 MagazineĀ hailed āIntermittent Fast Livingā as aĀ āgloriously drunken, frantic and punchy punk rockāĀ record, whereasĀ The Soundboardchampioned the new album asĀ āa phenomenally tight and robust package from front to back, as fulfilling on the most cursory, surface-level listen as it is to take a proper deep diveā.
Recorded in just two weeks and now a UK Top 20 Album,Ā āIntermittent Fast Livingā is a breathless new addition to the PET NEEDS canon, created at Vada Studios with producer/sound engineerĀ George PerksĀ (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Mogwai, Skindred).
A fullĀ UK & European tourĀ is confirmed for later in the Spring. The full list of dates are as follows:.
PET NEEDS UK LIVE DATES 2024
UK TOUR
APRIL
16 – STOCKTON ON TEES Georgian Theatre
17 – LEEDS Boom
18 – MANCHESTER Night & Day
19 – BRISTOL Exchange
20 – BRIGHTON Hope & Ruin
23 – CAMBRIDGE Portland Arms
24 – OXFORD The Bullingdon
25 – LONDON The Underworld
26 – BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
27 – SOUTHAMPTON The Joiners
EUROPEAN TOURĀ
MAYĀ
28 HAARLEM, NL Patronaat
29 COLOGNE, DE Blue Shell
30 – HAMBURG, DE Nochtwache
31 – BERLIN, DE Cassiopeia
JUNE
02 – PARIS, FR La Boule Noire
