Milan-based group The Gluts are today sharing their new single ‘FYBBD’, a rallying anti-fascist punk wig-out lifted from their forthcoming ‘Ungrateful Heart’ LP which is released October 8th on Fuzz Club Records. Whilst their previous albums have traded in an explosive psychedelic noise-rock, ‘FYBBD’ (as well as the preceding singles ‘Mashilla’ and ‘Love Me Do Again’) demonstrates in upalogetic fashion that ‘Ungreatful Heart’ is to be an album rooted primarily in 70s punk and 80s hardcore. Described by the band as “a burst of anger towards any form of alt-right thought and praxis, featuring a concealed quote to a very famous Italian antifa hip hop song”, the new single ‘FYBBD’ (which features Dario Persi of Radio Days on second guitar) is available to stream on all platforms here: thegluts.lnk.to/FYBBD
The Gluts say that ‘Ungrateful Heart’ primarily take cues from the likes of Fugazi, Gang of Four, the PiL-Pistols canon and the Campana brothers’ long adoration of Italian and American hardcore punk. Laid down over a tireless week living side by side and working in the studio around the clock, they recorded the album with Dutch producer and close collaborator Bob de Wit (A Place To Bury Strangers, Gnod, The Sonics). On the sessions, the intensity of which is mirrored in the fierce uncompromising attitude of the music itself, the band said: “Bob’s contribution to this album was essential. He pushed us beyond our limits. It was difficult, we can’t hide it, but it really was worth it.”
In support of ‘Ungrateful Heart’, the band will be touring Europe this October. Having picked up a notorious reputation for their powerful, tinnitus-inducing live shows in the years since their 2013 formation, The Gluts have previously toured around the UK, Europe and South Africa and performed at a number of international festivals, including Eurosonic (NL), Fuzz Club Eindhoven (NL), Label Mates (UK), MiAMI Festival (IT) and Endless Daze (ZA). ‘Ungrateful Heart’ arrives following their 2019 LP ‘Dengue Fever Hypnotic Trip’.
THE GLUTS TOUR-DATES
- 9/10 - Ghent, BE - Cafe Charlatan*
- 10/10 - Lille, FR - La Bulle Cafe*
- 11/10 - Paris, FR - Supersonic*
- 12/10 - Brussels, BE - Magasin 4*
- 13/10 - Nijmegen, NL - Merleyn*
- 14/10 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang*
- 15/10 - Copenhagen, DK - Rahuset*
- 16/10 - Berlin, DE - Bi Nuu*
- 23/10 - Esslingen, DE - Komma*
- 24/10 - Prague, CZ - Underdogs*
- 25/10 - Ostrava, CZ - Gospoda*
- 26/10 - Vienna, AT - Rhiz*
- 27/10 - Lyon, FR - Le Farmer*
- 28/10 - Gap, FR - Bar au Gorille*
- 30/10 - Milan, IT - Arci Bellezza
*with 10 000 Russos