{"id":38881,"date":"2023-04-10T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38881"},"modified":"2023-04-02T07:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T11:55:21","slug":"deadletter-share-new-single-the-snitching-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38881","title":{"rendered":"DEADLETTER share new single &#8216;The Snitching Hour&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DEADLETTER\u00a0have shared\u00a0new single <em>The Snitching Hour\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; the band\u2019s first new music since the release of their acclaimed debut EP\u00a0\u2018Heat!,\u2019 out now via SO Recordings. Having first been played live on their January BBC6 Music Maida Vale Session, the studio version demarcates the band as ready for the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Channelling all of their energy into the song\u2019s eruptive chorus chant of \u201cLove Thy Neighbour\u201d, <em>The Snitching Hour<\/em> sees the band scratching far below the surface of what we are presented with each day, looking to shine a light onto the emergence of a certain neighbourly distrust and Orwellian curtain twitching.<br><br>Lead singer Zac Lawrence comments:<em>\u00a0&#8220;Are we slowly but surely being tacitly tempted into a culture of casual betrayal? The messages we are fed, on the outside, might be read as being solely in the interest of public safety &#8211; but take a closer look, and perhaps there\u2019s a more insidious undertone to it all\u2026&#8221;<\/em><br><br>Watch the video for <em>The Snitching Hour<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yvl-gLZdREo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DEADLETTER produce a strain of darkly grooving post-punk (drawing comparisons to Gang of Four and Talking Heads), aiming to explore the darker side of existence through a lens of narrative-driven levity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are a band with something to say, but there is an instinctive concentration on movement and danceability within their music which allows them their own space apart from their peers, whilst never cheapening the nuance and grit of their sound.<br><br>Childhood friends Zac Lawrence (vocals), Alfie Husband (Drums) and George Ullyott (Bass) graduated from busking around Yorkshire town centres in their early teens, and moved down into a shared house in South London &#8211; prompting a certain necessity, and allowing them the space to develop their own personal antithesis to the grind of daily life.<br><br>After some line-up experimentation, the addition of Will King (Guitar), Sam Jones (Guitar) and Poppy Richler (Saxophone) completed the group. Bound together by a recognition of frenetic energy and rhythm and leaving any wider ideological goal open to interpretation by the listener, DEADLETTER toured relentlessly throughout 2022, fostering a reputation as one of the most exciting bands in the UK in the process. With support slots including dates with Tropical Fuck Storm, Yard Act, and Placebo, they are still clearly not a group to be missed live.<br><br>Already they have been championed by The Guardian, So Young, HERO, BBC Radio 1, CLASH, Loud &amp; Quiet, BBC6 Music, and the 6 piece even took to Paris Fashion Week, attending the CELINE menswear S\/S 23 launch and playing live at Hedi Slimane\u2019s personal afterparty alongside NYC\u2019s Gustaf and Cumgirl8.<br><br>DEADLETTER rounded up their 2022 on an EU arena tour with Placebo, and sold out London\u2019s iconic 100 Club. This Spring they will hit the road again for headline dates through the EU and UK, including next month\u2019s sold-out show at London\u2019s Lafayette, along with slots at a number of festivals including The Great Escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UK \/ EU Spring <\/strong>tour dates<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Thu 06 Apr&nbsp;&#8211; Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR<br>Fri 07 Apr&nbsp;\u2013 BRDCST, Brussels, BE<br>Sat 08 Apr&nbsp;&#8211; Les Nuits Eclectiques, Mechelen, BE<br>Sun 09 Apr&nbsp;\u2013 Rotown, Rotterdam, NL &#8211; SOLD OUT<br>Fri 21 Apr&nbsp;&#8211; Le Printemps De Bourges, Bourges, FR<br>Sat 22 Apr&nbsp;\u2013 Badlands, Gent, BE<br>Wed 26 Apr&nbsp;\u2013 Lafayette, London, UK \u2013 SOLD OUT<br>Sat 06 May&nbsp;\u2013 Are You Listening, Reading, UK<br>Thu 11 May&nbsp;&#8211; The Great Escape, Brighton, UK<br>Thu 18 May&nbsp;&#8211; Supersonic Block Party Festival, Paris, FR<br>Fri 19 May&nbsp;&#8211; Festival Foul Weather, Le Havre, FR<br>Sat 20 May&nbsp;\u2013 London Calling, Amsterdam, NL<br>Fri 26 May&nbsp;\u2013 Polar Bear Club, Hull, UK<br>Sat 27 May&nbsp;&#8211; Live At Leeds In the Park, Leeds, UK<br>Sun 28 May&nbsp;\u2013 The Ferret, Preston, UK<br>Wed 31 May&nbsp;&#8211; Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK<br>Thu 01 Jun&nbsp;&#8211; Jimmy&#8217;s, Liverpool, UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>DEADLETTER\u00a0have shared\u00a0new single The Snitching Hour\u00a0&#8211; the band\u2019s first new music since the release of their acclaimed debut EP\u00a0\u2018Heat!,\u2019 out now via SO Recordings. 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