Presented by DHP, groundbreaking UK alt-rockers The Mysterines will headline Thekla on Wednesday 23rd October 2024.
Today, Merseyside alternative rock band The Mysterines announce their new album ‘Afraid of
Tomorrows’, the highly-anticipated follow up to their critically-acclaimed Top 10 debut album
‘Reeling’, is set for release on 7th June via Fiction Records. Alongside the announcement, they have
shared the lead single ‘Stray’, which premiered on BBC Radio 1 last night as Clara Amfo’s Hottest
Record. Listen here and watch the Matilda Harding-Kemp directed video here.
Vocalist and guitarist Lia Metcalfe comments on the track: “Stray focuses on the aimless and untamed
nature of the polarities of behaviour that we experience when dealing with suffering. Whether it’s
guilt, paranoia or unexplained feelings of grandiosity. Often when the hands of loneliness have a
firm grip over one’s eyes it can turn dangers into open doors inviting you in. We find a certain point
of no return and we’re often led astray.”
Recorded and produced by Grammy Award winning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel
Olsen) in LA, ‘Afraid of Tomorrows’ is a deeper and darker foray into The Mysterines’ psyche than its
predecessor, and reflects the maturity and growth of the band, completed by George Favager (bass),
Callum Thompson (guitar) and Paul Crilly (drums). “Afraid of Tomorrows is a mirror where you find
you’re nothing more than a formless being, one made from celestial constellations – of traumas, of
the old and new, mistakes, addiction, fear and happiness, loneliness, but ultimately a desire for life
and the fight to keep living. It’s a collage of what’s been lost and of love unbounded”, says Lia.
Having just wrapped up the UK leg touring as main support to Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, The
Mysterines are excited to announce their biggest headline tour to date for this Autumn. The
seventeen-date run kicks off in Dublin on 18th October and will include a stop at London’s iconic O2
Shepherds Bush Empire, culminating in Paris on 8th November. The band were also recently
announced as special guests to Bloc Party for their huge 20th anniversary Crystal Palace Park show on
7th July, and are set to bring their electric live show to festivals all over Europe and the UK this
summer, including Live at Leeds in the Park, 2000 Trees, Truck Festival and Tramlines
Tickets on sale Friday 1st March 2024 via Alt Tickets
