Today, RAT BOY have announced that their third studio album, SUBURBIA CALLING, all be released on October 4th via Hellcat.
SUBURBIA CALLING finds the band exploring their roots in their hometown of Essex. For the band, it’s the land of wheeler-dealers and dodgy geezers, and home to nosey neighbours, rowdy clubs andJoey Essex. For readers outside of the UK, it’s the home of bands like Blur, Depeche Mode and The Prodigy: a place not so far outside of east London, but in other ways it’s a world away.
RAT BOY frontman Jordan Cardy says, “I wanted to sing about Essex. Essex is where we live and when you’ve grown up somewhere you notice things about it. There’s so much to draw on. Essex is really close to London but it’s different in a lot of ways. We’ve got a lot of freedom here, we built a place where we can record and rehearse and hang out, somewhere you wouldn’t be able to have in London.”
Alongside the album announcement today, RAT BOY have shared a new single “BADMAN,” which is a mix of indie-pop, rousing brass and more, is a bright and sun-kissed sound that will surely catch your attention. It follows the previously released “ONE IN A MILLION” and the title-track, teasing fans that SUBURBIA CALLING is an album of many different shades.
Listen to “BADMAN” below and pre-order SUBURBIA CALLING here.
RAT BOY – completed by Liam Haygarth (bass), Harry Todd (guitar) and Noah Booth (drums) – approached the making of the album in unorthodox fashion. They recorded a home demo and a live performance of each song, which were then sent to producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur) to edit together like a tapestry puzzle.
Check out the album details below.
Artwork:
Track-listing:
- ‘MOB’
- ‘RUDY’S WORLD’
- ‘ONE IN A MILLION’
- ‘BEST IS YET TO COME’
- ‘EVERY LITTLE HELPS’
- ‘SUBURBIA CALLING’
- ‘BADMAN’
- ‘SHE’S THE ONE’
- ‘ESSEX LAND’
- ‘HANDBAGS AT DAWN’
- ‘DAY TRIP TO LONDON’
- ‘BOY WONDER’
- ‘TAKE MY PLACE’
