With their debut album Bright Green Field arriving next Friday, Squid follow up the singles “Narrator” and “Paddling” with one final teaser called “Pamphlets”. The album closer, Ollie Judge says:
“It’s about all the rubbish right-wing propaganda you get through your front door. It imagines a person with that as their only source of news being taken over by these pamphlets.”
Usually when we get a load of rubbish through our mailbox it goes straight in the bin, but for Squid it’s the impetus for a complete nervous collapse. Across eight minutes of ripping post-punk, Judge seems to start at a 10 on the level of mania and only get wilder from there. Even when the song recedes to a relatively subdued sound, Judge remains transfixed, repeating “I don’t go outside, outside, outside,” just building momentum for the final deluge of electrifying instrumental insanity.
Listen to “Pamphlets” below or on your preferred platform.
Squid’s debut album Bright Green Field arrives next Friday, May 7, on Warp (pre-order). You can find the band on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
They’ve got all these dates ahead:
FIELDWORKS TOUR
19.05.21 -The Cornish Bank, Falmouth, UK
20.05.21 – May St Mary’s, Totnes, UK
22.05.21 – The Cube, Bristol, UK *
26.05.21 – Old Road Tavern, Chippenham, UK*
28.05.21 – The Adelphi, Hull, UK *
01.06.21 – The Leadmill, Sheffield
02.06.21 – Stoller Hall, Manchester, UK*
05.06.21 – Silver Building, London, UK *
07.06.21 – The Halls, Norwich, UK
09.06.21 – De Le Warr Pavillion, Bexhill, UK
12.06.21 – Cliftonville Community Hall, Margate, UK
* two shows back to back
HEADLINE ‘BRIGHT GREEN FIELD’ TOUR
07.09.21 – Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
09.09.21 – Marble Factory, Bristol, UK
10.09.21 – Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
23.09.21 – Printworks, London, UK
24.09.21 – The Crossing, Birmingham
25.09.21 – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
27.09.21 – NUSU, Newcastle, UK
28.09.21 – SW3, Glasgow, UK
29.09.21 – Empire, Belfast, UK
30.09.21 – Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
03.10.21 – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
04.10.21 – 1865, Southampton, UK
05.10.21 – The Phoenix, Exeter, UK
07.10.21 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
08.10.21 – Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
09.10.21 – Trabendo, Paris, France
11.10.21 – Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, Germany
12.10.21 – Molotow Skybar, Hamburg, Germany
15.10.21 – Plan B, Malmo, Sweden
16.10.21 – Melodybox, Stockholm, Sweden
18.10.21 – Berghain Kantine, Berlin, Germany
19.10.21 – Underdogs’, Prague, Czechia
21.10.21 – Heppel & Ettlich, Munich, Germany
23.10.21 – Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland
24.10.21 – Bad Bonn, Düdingen, Switzerland
25.10.21 – Magnolia, Milan, Italy
26.10.21 – Locomotiv, Bologna, Italy
28.10.21 – Upload, Barcelona, Spain
29.10.21 – Independence. Madrid, Spain
30.10.21 – Masterclub, Vigo, Spain
US HEADLINE DATES
Tue. Nov. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Wed. Nov. 10 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Fri. Nov. 12 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
Sat. Nov. 13 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Wed. Nov. 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge|Fri. Nov. 19 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Sat. Nov. 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Mon. Nov. 22 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Tue. Nov. 23 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
