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Yeah Yeah Noh are back with a new four-track 10-inch EP, The Big Thumb, released on 6 November through Precious Recordings of London.
Pre-order: https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com
The Leicester cult post-punk outfit return with their first new material since 2015, bringing together their trademark mixture of angular guitars, psychedelic pop, left-field humour and what they have long described as “unpop”.
The Big Thumb features four tracks: ‘Big Thumb’, ‘A Room Without A View’, ‘Identity As You’ and ‘CGI Friday’, and will be issued as a 10-inch vinyl release through Precious Recordings.
The band’s roots go back to the early 1980s, when they became one of the more distinctive groups to emerge from the UK post-punk underground. Along the way they recorded sessions for John Peel, released a run of highly regarded singles and EPs, and built a reputation for songs that were sharp, melodic, mischievous and impossible to neatly categorise.
Their back catalogue includes much-loved tracks such as ‘Cottage Industry’ and ‘Bias Binding’, while their records have long attracted a devoted following well beyond the band’s original lifespan.
The new EP follows Yeah Yeah Noh’s return to live activity and sees them once again pushing at the boundaries between punk, psychedelia and skewed pop.
A launch show is also planned for Club Precious #9 at The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington, London.
Pre-orders for The Big Thumb are open now, with the EP released on Friday 6 November.
Tracklist:
Big Thumb
A Room Without A View
Identity As You
CGI Friday
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