After a breakout 18 months that has seen sold-out UK headline tours, critical acclaim for their debut EP When The Lights Are Out, as well as growing radio support, Manchester five-piece The Guest List today announce their highly-anticipated debut album Something Real – out August 28th.
The band also unveil new single ‘You Should Care’ – a soaring, emotionally-charged anthem that showcases a more intimate side to their sound, capturing the confusion of young adulthood with the same unflinching honesty that has quickly become the band’s hallmark. The track also arrives with another compelling music video.Listen here
Decamping to Bergen, Norway, to record with collaborator Matias Tellez, Something Real builds on these foundations and expands them into an emotionally rich debut, tackling everything from mental health, anxiety and male suicide to domestic violence, climate collapse and society’s growing appetite for outrage. Yet it never loses sight of the personal – balancing weighty themes with sharp songwriting, melody, and moments of vulnerability.
The title track takes aim at algorithm-driven division and the normalisation of outrage in a post-truth world, while ‘Weatherman’ captures a generation’s dread in the face of climate collapse. Elsewhere, ‘Mary’ delivers a devastating, intimate portrait of domestic abuse and its generational impact, as yet-to-be-released ‘Sick Animal’ imagines a near-future society forced to rebuild from the wreckage of its own making. ‘If Ever A Devil Is Kind’ turns a lens on everyday rage and tribalism, inspired by the simmering aggression of a football crowd, while ‘Plasticine Heart’ wrestles with jealousy and the quiet torment of watching others succeed.
With Something Real, The Guest List take a definitive next step with a collection of songs bound by a shared urgency, to make sense of modern life, to connect, and above all, to say something truly honest.
UK HEADLINE TOUR DATES
November
17th NEWCASTLE, The Grove
19th GLASGOW, St Luke’s
20th BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute 2
21st OXFORD, O2 Academy 2
22nd SOUTHAMPTON, Papillion
24th LONDON, Scala
25th LEEDS, Project House
26th BRISTOL, Fleece
FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
May
24th NBHD WEEKENDER, Warrington, Victoria Park
June
19th ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL, Newport, Seaclose Park
July
18th BACK DOUNE THE RABBIT HOLE, Stirling, Cardross Estate
25th TRAMLINES, Sheffield, Hillsborough Park
26th LATITUDE, Suffolk, Henham Park
August
2nd CAMP BESTIVAL, Weymouth, Lulworth Castle
8th BOARDMASTERS, Newquay, Watergate Bay
28th READING, Reading Festival
29th LEEDS, Leeds Festival
30th VICTORIOUS, Southsea Common
October
17th NBHD FESTIVAL, Manchester
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