W.H. Lung's High Pressure Days
W.H.LUNG
"High Pressure Days"
New track ahead of debut headline US Tour in September
Check it out https://youtu.be/YxQUmv0lQD0
"Wow, where did that come from? They have transitioned from atmospheric black & white to vivid colour, as their fellow Mancunians Joy Division did when the morphed into New Order - 5* " The Times
It may indeed be High Pressure Days for W. H. Lung, as they prepare for their debut headline US tour & ready their third full-length LP. Ahead of their journey across the States they offer a taste of the sound that's garnered them a reputation as one of the best live bands in the UK. Eagle-eared gig goers might have noticed the song sneak into the end of W. H. Lung's live set of late, already bedding in as a firm favourite.
Like their live shows, the track finds the band at their most direct. High Pressure Days is a stomp through a busy city, hustling along like a rush hour train behind schedule, the joint vocals of Joseph Evans & Hannah Peace lost running through block after block of frantic drums & squealing theremin. Recorded in the band's new Salford studio Futuro House, started with local pals The Orielles & the track's co-producer Lewis Johnson-Kellett, they've crafted a bustling downtown of modulor synths & wayward guitars.The video, shot in Manchester in a day, sees singer Evans trapped in the corporate rat race - Evans & director Craig Mclaughlin said on the concept: ”The video follows the cyclical white-collar nightmare of Mr. Everyman-office-worker, as he navigates through high pressure days. His life is as stressful as it is banal until an ethereal figure on his computer screen offers him a chance for psychedelic salvation.”
Originally released in 1979 by San Francisco synth-punk The Units, High Pressure Days has always felt adjacent to W. H. Lung's contemporary take on electronic pop, their cover is a satisfying homage that slips comfortably amongst the band's previous output.W. H. Lung will play an intimate warm up show for the US dates at Partisan, Islington mill on 14th September, alongside Dee Rae & Adjustments alongside still to be announced special guests raising funds for Partisan Collective https://skiddle.com/e/36589784
W. H. Lung UK Dates 2023 26th August - Krankenhaus Festival, Cumbria 8th September - Down at the Abbey Festival, Reading 14th September - Partisan Fundraiser w/ The Orielles, Dee Rae, Adjustments 23rd September - Float Along, Sheffield USA Tour 2023 28th September - New York, Le Poisson Rouge 29th September - Philadelphia, Milkboy 3rd October - Detroit, Lager House 4th October - Chicago, Empty Bottle 5th October - Milwaukee, Cactus Club 8th October - Seattle, Barboza 9th October - San Fransisco, Rickshaw Stop 12th October - Los Angeles, The Echo
