Sheffield’s resident wonky-popskis Good News are set to release their debut album Small Forms via Bingo Records on 13 September, and have announced a headline tour.
First singles out the gates are double a-sides Orange Juice In The Shower b/w Tits – a pair of tracks which set the tone for an album as bristling with lean pop hooks as it is with caustic socio-political barbs. Orange Juice… looks at domestic relationships while Tits looks outwards, dishing out withering criticism much further reaching than its 1:39 run time would seemingly allow. Treated bass and eczema-dry percussion carry the music, rhythm first, delivering taut missives accented by discordant clarinet and guitar. Good News epitomise the concept of making a point and not sticking around too long.
Recorded in a studio built in the band’s attic with in-house Bingo Records producer Zac Barfoot, Small Forms follows their 2023 debut EP Same As That, which earned the band a live session with Marc Riley & Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music). Since then, their feisty clarinet, bass, and cowbell-propelled rhythms have bounced around the North and London supporting The Bug Club, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds, Wesley Gonzalez & Wild Garlic and Acid Klaus.
Small Forms will be released on vinyl and digitally, with singles, radio and press campaigns to support the album and accompanying tour dates.
