Sack return with a new single, album announcement and Ireland and UK tour dates
Dublin band Sack return with a brand new single Wake Up People on Friday, May 10th and is the follow up to the 2021 single What A Way To Live. Produced by John (Spud) Murphy (Birds Of Olympus) and Sack, it was engineered by Ber Quinn (John Grant, The Divine Comedy, Villagers) and mixed by Dave Eringa ( Manic Street Preachers, The Who, Kylie, Ocean Colour Scene) it is the first single to be taken from their new upcoming album also entitled 'Wake Up People' which is set for release on October 18th.
The new album is their first album of new material since 2001’s Adventura Majestica which will be released on the band's own reactivated Jetset Junta label.
Recorded at Dublin’s Sonic Studio with John Murphy and Ber Quinn, it is the first album to feature new members Gavin Fox (Idlewild, Turn) and Tony Barrett (The Brilliant Trees) alongside original members Martin McCann, John and Tony Brereton.
"Wake Up People is a song urging everyone to be aware, be active, be kind, be fair and
to use our most precious democratic provision; the right to vote, in a
lawful, peaceful way" John Brereton
Wake Up People is available to stream and download on all the usual platforms from Friday, May 10th.
“It’s one of the best tracks from one of the best Irish bands of the past 30 years” Dan Hegarty, RTE 2FM (on Wake Up People)
Sack will take to the road in support of the new album with a short tour of Ireland and the UK throughout October and November, kicking off at Dundalk’s Spirit Store and will see the band take in shows at The Button Factory, Dublin, Voodoo in Belfast, The Treehouse in Frome, a slot at the Shiiine On Festival, Minehead and London's 229, before finishing up at Kilkennys legendary Cleere’s. The band are also playing a special one-off acoustic show at the United Arts Club in Dublin on Friday, May 23rd where they will debut the new songs from their album in an acoustic setting. As well as a double headline show with Colm Lynch at The Purty Kitchen as part of the Dun Laoghaire Summer Fest on Friday, July 5th.
Tickets for all shows except The Button Factory on sale now, Button Factory tickets go on sale on Friday May 3rd.
Tour Dates
Fri May 24th - The United Arts Club, Dublin (Acoustic show)
Fri July 5th - The Purty Kitchen, DL Summer Fest double headliner with Colm Lynch
Sat Oct 26th - Spirit Store, Dundalk
Fri Nov 1st - 229 Club, London, UK
Thurs Nov 14th - Treehouse, Frome, Somerset, UK
Fri Nov 15th - Shiiine On Festival, Minehead, UK
Sat Nov 23rd - Button Factory, Dublin
Fri Nov 29th - Voodoo, Belfast
Sat Nov 30th - Cleeres, Kilkenny.
Their first single ‘What Did the Christians Ever Do For Us?’ was single of the week in both the NME and Melody Maker. In 1993 they signed to UK Indie label Lemon Records, who released their first album ‘You Are What You Eat’.
This was followed by 1994's' ‘Butterfly Effect'’ which was produced by Stereolab producer Paul Tipler and Garret 'Jacknife' Lee, U2/REM etc. The album contained one of their most memorable tracks, “Laughter Lines”, a song Morrissey said, “should be Number One forever” and at Morrissey’s behest Sack opened for him on his 1999 Oye Esteban World Tour taking in mainland Europe, the UK & Ireland, and the USA. The former Smiths singer also included “Colorado Springs” (from ‘You Are What You Eat’) on his hand-picked NME CD "Songs to Save Your Life" before inviting the band to open for him again on a European tour.
2001 saw ‘Adventura Majestica’ come out on the band's own Jetset Junta label and was the last official release from the band until August 2021 saw the band return with their first new material in 20 years with a brand-new single “What A Way To Live” which received massive nationwide airplay in Ireland as well as many great accolades across the board including Newstalk’s Tom Dunne declaring it his ‘single of the year’. May 2022, saw the 25th Anniversary edition of their classic album ‘Butterfly Effect’ on vinyl for the first time ever to renewed acclaim for the album from fans and media alike, with The Charlatans' Tim Burgess hosting one of his hugely popular Twitter listening parties for the newly reissued album. Sack are currently putting the finishing touches to their long awaited new album which is due for release later this year.
