Amyl and the Sniffers Return With New Song U Should Not Be Doing That
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Written by Laura Johnson
Amy and the Sniffers are back with a new track.
U Should Not Be Doing That marks the Australian punks' first new music in over three years, and will be released as a limited edition 7" on Friday (May 24), with b-side Facts.
The song finds frontwoman Amy Taylor dressing down her critics with her trademark snarky and smart storytelling vocals, while Dec Martens, Gus Romer and Bryce Wilson create a driving punk-rock soundscape, complete with saxophone courtesy of Harry Cooper. Taylor explained:
“Lyrically they’re both pretty self-explanatory. U should not be doing that makes me laugh, but It’s also in a way poking fun at the shock that people still feel at a little bit of skimpy clothing, and the bitchy high school way that the music community still is (yes I’m talking to you random 40 year old metalheads sitting around a table doing lines and bitching about a 28 year old chick in a band for wearing shorts and “selling out”) but it mainly makes me laugh. It’s unconscious and meant nothing at the time of writing it but now I think it’s a comedic way of rubbing the dog's nose in its own dog piss after it wee’d on your favourite rug or something.”
The track is their first since the release of their second album, 2021's 'Comfort To Me', and arrives prior to their headline set at Bearded Theory festival in Derbyshire on May 26, following which they'll play a sold-out London show at The Scala the next day and then festivals across Europe before touring North America.
Head below to watch the video for U Should Not Be Doing That, which stars Canadian actor Steven Ogg alongside Taylor and was directed by John Angus Stewart.
U Should Not Be Doing That single artwork:
Amyl And The Sniffers Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon May 27 2024 - LONDON Scala
Sat July 20 2024 - JERSEY CITY - White Eagle Hall (USA)
Thu July 25 2024 - DETROIT Michigan - Majestic Theatre Detroit (USA)
Tue July 30 2024 - LAWRENCE Kansas - Granada Theater (USA)
Wed July 31 2024 - LOUISVILLE Kentucky - Mercury Ballroom (USA)
Thu August 01 2024 - INDIANAPOLIS Indiana - HI-FI Annex (USA)
Sat August 03 2024 - BUFFALO New York - Asbury Hall inside Babeville (USA)
Mon August 05 2024 - SOUTH BURLINGTON Vermont - Higher Ground Ballroom at Higher Ground (USA)
Tue August 13 2024 - DEL MAR California - Sound at Del Mar Racetrack & Fairgrounds - Complex (USA)
Wed August 14 2024 - LOS ANGELES California - Fonda Theatre (USA)
Thu August 15 2024 - LOS ANGELES California - Fonda Theatre (USA)
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