Neck Deep Announce Self-Titled Album With New Single It Won't Be Like This Forever
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Nat Wood
Neck Deep have announced their fifth studio album.
The self-titled record is scheduled to arrive through Hopeless Records on January 19, following up 2020's 'All Distortions Are Intentional'.
It'll feature the previously released singles Heartbreak Of The Century and Take Me With You, as well as the newly shared It Won’t Be Like This Forever, which deals in their familiar upbeat pop-punk sound. Commenting on the album, frontman Ben Barlow said:
"This album is the sound of us knowing ourselves and knowing our ability. It’s unapologetically us. We’re professional songwriters now and we’ve really honed in on what we’re good at – but it’s also about having fun and enjoying writing these tracks. And there are those little sonic signatures in the mix that even I can’t really put my finger on that just make it Neck Deep. It happens when we get in a room together and it clicks – it’s us just doing our thing like we always have."
On the new song, he added: "It Won’t Be Like This Forever came around really easily and naturally. We wrote the chorus just by chance while working on another song and it ended up being our favourite song on the record. We wrote it the first time we got together after COVID, down in Wales. I guess at the time we were thinking that 'it won’t be like this forever' (guess we were right) but as time has gone on the world has been presented with a whole slew of other problems and so it’s maintained its relevance."
He continued: "You can view it through that lens or you can zoom in and make it more personal, which I ended up doing. Meaning that the tough times don’t always last and having someone to help you through those times is a beautiful part of life and love. It’s a love song, a hope song, and a self-improvement song all in one!"
The band will follow the LP's release with a major headline show at London's iconic Alexandra Palace on March 28. Before that, they'll bring their 'Rain In July' 10th anniversary shows to Cardiff, Leeds and Glasgow as part of an autumn European tour which will see them perform their 'Rain In July' and 'A History Of Bad Decisions' albums in full.
'Neck Deep' tracklist:
1. Dumbstruck Dumbf**k
2. Sort Yourself Out
3. This Is All My Fault
4. We Need More Bricks
5. Heartbreak Of The Century
6. Go Outside!
7. Take Me With You
8. They May Not Mean To (But They Do)
9. It Won’t Be Like This Forever
10. Moody Weirdo
Neck Deep Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sun October 15 2023 - LEEDS Key Club
Mon October 16 2023 - GLASGOW Slay
Tue October 17 2023 - CARDIFF Globe
Wed October 18 2023 - BOURNEMOUTH Old Fire Station
Thu October 19 2023 - NIJMEGEN Doornroosje (Netherlands)
Sun October 22 2023 - COLOGNE Live Music Hall (Germany)
Tue October 24 2023 - BERLIN Columbia Theatre (Germany)
Wed October 25 2023 - WARSAW Proxima (Poland)
Thu October 26 2023 - PRAGUE MeetFactory (Czech Republic)
Sat October 28 2023 - VIENNA Arena Wien (Austria)
Sun October 29 2023 - MILAN Magazzini Generali (Italy)
Mon October 30 2023 - MUNICH Technikum (Germany)
Wed November 01 2023 - ZURICH Plaza (Switzerland)
Thu November 02 2023 - GENT Vooruit (Belgium)
Fri November 03 2023 - WIESBADEN Schlachthof (Germany)
Sun November 05 2023 - HAMBURG Markthalle (Germany)
Mon November 06 2023 - PARIS La Machine du Moulin Rouge (France)
We don't run any advertising! Our editorial content is solely funded by lovely people like yourself using Stereoboard's listings when buying tickets for live events. To keep supporting us, next time you're looking for concert, festival, sport or theatre tickets, please search for "Stereoboard". It costs you nothing, you may find a better price than the usual outlets, and save yourself from waiting in an endless queue on Friday mornings as we list ALL available sellers!
