{"id":31979,"date":"2019-09-05T12:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31979"},"modified":"2019-09-02T20:26:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T00:26:01","slug":"life-share-new-single-bum-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31979","title":{"rendered":"LIFE share new single &#8216;Bum Hour&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hull outfit LIFE have now shared a new single from their forthcoming album \u2018A Picture Of Good Health\u2019 entitled <em>Bum Hour<\/em>.  Listen to the track via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/655698587&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the new single frontman Mez Green said the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cBum Hour is the isolation when you shut your door. Bum Hour is about not being at ease on your own. Bum Hour is \u2018that\u2019 pattern and routine broken. It\u2019s the need to live again in that moment as you watch the bars buzz from your lone-parent window. Your only comfort, your saviour, your little boy in his bedroom. You find yourself scrolling through your phone an act of self-harm and torture. Your mates are out &#8211; you lie down and sleep.\u201d<\/em><br><br><em>Bum Hour<\/em> is the third single to be taken from LIFE\u2019s new album (full track list below). Produced by Luke Smith (Foals) and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (Parquet Courts), the band home in on a bigger and more focused sound whilst also channelling the lyrical content inwards. Whereas the band\u2019s debut album \u2018Popular Music\u2019 was broadly political, the new album takes a more personal approach with beguilingly honest and brave lyrics that are bold in both sound and feeling, whilst also retaining the core DNA of their previous material.<br><br>Going on to speak about the album, Mez says \u201c<em>A Picture of Good Health is not a collage of work but rather a snapshot of time; our time and the time of those around us. It\u2019s political, but in a personal way. It\u2019s a body of work that explores and examines the band&#8217;s inner-selves through a precise period; a period that has brought pain, loneliness, blood, guts, single parenthood, depression and the need for survival and love. It is the sense and need for belonging that is the resounding end note!\u201d<\/em><br><br>Alongside the new single, the band have also recently announced a series of EU\/UK headline tour dates, including four UK instore events, two new Irish dates and one new Northern Irish date for December. The band recently embarked on a sold out two-week European tour as main support for IDLES as well as playing one of three sold-out London shows at the Electric Ballroom and have played packed out sets at various festivals throughout the year including: Glastonbury, The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Pukkelpop, Best Kept Secret, Rock For People, Pahoda, Latitude and more. They will play the following dates:<br><br>Fri 20, September \u2013 Warren Records, Hull UK<br>Mon 23, September \u2013 Rough Trade, Bristol UK<br>Tue 24, September \u2013 Rough Trade, Nottingham UK<br>Thurs 26, September \u2013 Rough Trade East, London UK<br>Sun 29, September &#8211; MTC,\u00a0Cologne\u00a0DE<br>Mon 30, September &#8211; Molotow,\u00a0Hamburg\u00a0DE<br>Sat 5, October &#8211; Musik &amp; Frieden,\u00a0Berlin\u00a0DE<br>Sun 6, October &#8211; Hydrozagadka,\u00a0Warsaw\u00a0PL<br>Mon 7, October &#8211; Famu,\u00a0Prague\u00a0CZ\u00a0<br>Tues 8, October &#8211; Kranhallen,\u00a0Munich\u00a0DE<br>Thurs 10, October &#8211; Dynamo Werk 21,\u00a0Zurich\u00a0CH<br>Sat 12, October &#8211; Freakout,\u00a0Bologna\u00a0IT\u00a0<br>Tues 15, October &#8211; Costello Club,\u00a0Madrid\u00a0ES<br>Wed 16, October &#8211; Sidecar,\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0ES<br>Thurs 17, October &#8211; L\u2019Espace,\u00a0Paris\u00a0FR\u00a0<br>Sun 20, October &#8211; Cinetol,\u00a0Amsterdam<br>Mon 21, October &#8211; Kavka,\u00a0Antwerp\u00a0BE<br>Thurs 24, October &#8211; Phase One,\u00a0Liverpool UK<br>Sat 26, October &#8211; Bootleg Social,\u00a0Blackpool\u00a0UK<br>Sun 27, October &#8211; YES,\u00a0Manchester\u00a0UK<br>Mon 28, October &#8211; Hyde Park Book Club,\u00a0Leeds\u00a0UK<br>Tues 29, October &#8211; Fulford Arms,\u00a0York\u00a0UK<br>Wed 30, October &#8211; King Tuts,\u00a0Glasgow\u00a0UK<br>Fri 1, November &#8211; Tunnels,\u00a0Aberdeen\u00a0UK<br>Sat 2, November &#8211; Think Tank,\u00a0Newcastle\u00a0UK<br>Mon 4, November &#8211; Sugarmill,\u00a0\u00a0Stoke\u00a0UK<br>Tues 5, November &#8211; Cookie,\u00a0Leicester\u00a0UK<br>Wed 6, November &#8211; Moth Club, London UK<br>Thurs 7, November &#8211; Clwb Ifor Bach,\u00a0Cardiff\u00a0UK<br>Fri 8, November &#8211; West End Centre,\u00a0Aldershot\u00a0UK<br>Sun 10, November &#8211; Anvil, Bournemouth, UK<br>Mon 11, November &#8211; Green Door Store,\u00a0Brighton UK\u00a0<br>Tues 12, November &#8211; Joiners,\u00a0Southampton\u00a0UK<br>Wed 13, November &#8211; Forum,\u00a0Tunbridge Wells\u00a0UK<br>Thurs 14, November &#8211; Horn,\u00a0St Albans\u00a0UK<br>Fri 15, November &#8211; Crauford Arms,\u00a0Milton Keynes UK\u00a0<br>Weds 4, December \u2013 Academy 2, Dublin IRE<br>Thurs 5, December \u2013 McHughs Basement, Belfast UK<br>Fri 6, December \u2013 Kasbah Club, Limerick UK<br><br>Tickets are on sale now from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-mkkbty-ejlihlkhu-c\/\">https:\/\/www.lifeband.co.uk\/<\/a><br><br>\u2018A Picture Of Good Health\u2019 is due out\u00a020th September 2019\u00a0via band&#8217;s own label &#8216;Afghan Moon&#8217; and also sees them partner for the first time with [PIAS]<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-mkkbty-ejlihlkhu-q\/\">Pre-order the album here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hull outfit LIFE have now shared a new single from their forthcoming album \u2018A Picture Of Good Health\u2019 entitled Bum Hour. 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