Hotwax – Hot Shock
UK trio HotWax today celebrate the release of their debut album Hot Shock, out now via Marathon Artists.
The album is available in three distinct colored vinyl editions, each inspired by the band members’ hair (“The Tallulah” in black with a blonde stripe, “The Alfie” in gold and a Rough Trade exclusive “The Lola” in bright orange). The album was co-produced by Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Wolf Alice) and Steph Marziano (Picture Parlour, Cassandra Jenkins), and also recorded with Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.
Today, the band also shares the video for “Strange To Be Here,” directed by singer Tallulah Sim-Savage.
Of the track, she says, “I’ve really been feeling lately that wherever we are, it feels strange and hard to settle in. Whether that be on the road, in the studio or back home, it’s always moving and it’s hard to feel comfort. You have a lot of time to think and you start to analyse every part of your life and start to pick apart yourself. I think this song paints a picture of that strange place and feeling.”
HotWax Live Dates
March 3, Music’s Not Dead, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea – Instore
March 4, Slice of Vinyl, Gosport – Instore
March 7, Resident, Brighton – Instore
March 8, Rough Trade Nottingham (Midday) – Instore
March 8, Rough Trade Liverpool (Evening) – Instore
March 9, Rough Trade, Bristol – Instore
March 10, Vinyl Whistle, Leeds – Instore
March 11, Rough Trade East, London – Instore
March 12, Vinilo, Southampton – Instore
March 13, Truck, Oxford – Instore
March 20, Trix (Bar), Antwerp
March 22, EKKO, Utrecht
March 24, MTC, Cologne
March 25, Urban Spree (Rough Trade), Berlin
March 26, Hafenklang, Hamburg
March 28, Where Else?, Margate
March 30, Forum, Tunbridge Wells
March 31, Face Bar, Reading
April 1, Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
April 3, Polar Bear, Hull
April 4, Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow (Random Rules)
April 5, Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh (Random Rules)
April 6, The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-On-Tees
April 7, Kanteena, Lancaster
April 9, DeadWax, Birmingham
April 10, Bunkhouse, Swansea
April 11, Burdall’s Yard, Bath
May 31, Temple Newsam Park, Leeds, Kaiser Chiefs + Cribs All Dayer
+ denotes instore appearances
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