North London outfit FEET have returned with their brand new single ‘Peace & Quiet’ ahead of the band’s forthcoming EP.
This release is the five-piece’s latest effort in two years since their hit debut album ‘What’s Inside Is More Than Just Ham’. Having level-upped their kinship – both as people and artists – FEET are now living “like a hive mind”.
‘Peace & Quiet’ is a boisterous comeback with a barrage of ramshackle guitars and sly lyrical digs that maintains the playfulness but streamlines it into something more direct.
“It’s about demanding more from the current music scene,” say the band. “2021 is the year for new and exciting groups supported by a rejuvenated industry.
“Now’s the time to start small, grass root scenes and DIY shows at your local village halls. What comes after this Peace and Quiet? That’s what excites us the most.”
“We’re not a post punk band, we don’t sound like a ‘London band’ whatever that is, but the indie reference in our shared hive mind is related to a major label, squeaky clean sound which isn’t what we want from our band,” explains George. “You either go the mainstream route or the sleazy South London route and we’re slap bang in the middle, so we’re trying to state our spot. We’re pretty comfortable where we are and this is the direction we wanna take it in”.
After sitting down to write a manifesto to tame their brains overflowing with ideas, FEET honed their craft once again in their home studio. This time taking a bigger interest in production and the atmosphere of the tracks, trying to hit the cross-section of pop music and something a little darker that they’ve always loitered around.
The forthcoming ‘Walking Machine EP’ takes these ideas and moulds them into four tracks that show a band still more than willing to throw in a liberal smattering of humour at the right moment, but who aren’t relying just on japes to get them through.
Alongside the new EP news, FEET will continue their new chapter on the road this August. The seven UK dates will see them perform the brand new material for the first time, alongside a host of fan favourites from their debut album. Tickets are on sale now and full details are below.
UK TOUR AUGUST 2021
- 12 – Sheffield, Record Junkee
- 13 – Manchester, The Deaf Institute
- 14 – Nottingham, The Bodega
- 19 – Birmingham, Mama Roux’s
- 20 – Bristol, Thekla
- 21 – London, Oslo
- 22 – Brighton, Hope & Ruin
