Dream Wife have announced their third album, Social Lubrication will be released on June 9 via Lucky Number.
And today, the London-based Icelandic band vocalist Rakel Mjöll (she/her), guitarist Alice Go (she/her), bassist Bella Podpadec (they/them) have announced Irish and UK tour dates later this year.
The band have also released a new song called ‘Orbit’ today, following album singles ‘Leech‘ and ‘Hot (Don’t Date A Musician)‘, and was produced by Alice Go and mixed by Alan Moulder.
Here are the tour dates, which includes Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, London and Leeds, along with festivals, which includes a festival in Emo, Laois, called Forest Fest in July, where Suede, Bell X1, Ash and many more.
Tour dates (UK/IE tour in bold):
Friday 5 May – Reading, UK @ Are You Listening?
Saturday 6 May – Wrexham, UK @ The Rockin’ Chair
Saturday 20 May – Cardiff, UK @ Celebrate This Place
Friday 26 May – Saint-Brieuc, France @ Festival Art Rock
Saturday 3 June – London, UK @ Troxy supporting Le Tigre
Monday 12 June – Kingston, UK @ Banquet
Tuesday 13 June – Brighton, UK @ Resident
Wednesday 14 June – London, UK @ Rough Trade East
Sunday 9 July – Glasgow, UK @ TRNSMT Festival
Friday 14 July – Austurvegur, Iceland @ LungA Festival
Friday 21 July – Huntingdon, UK @ Secret Garden Party
Sunday 23 July – Ireland, @ Forest Fest Music & Arts Festival
Friday 28 July – Thirsk, UK @ Deer Shed Festival
Friday 15 September – Brooklyn, NY, USA @ Brooklyn Made
Sunday 17 September – Portland, OR, USA @ Mississippi Studios
Monday 18 September – Seattle, WA, USA @ Barboza
Wednesday 20 September – San Francisco, CA, USA @ Bottom Of The Hill
Thursday 21 September – Los Angeles, CA, USA @ Zebulon
Thursday 5 October – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
Friday 6 October – Birmingham, UK @ Castle & Falcon
Saturday 7 October – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
Sunday 8 October – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Tuesday 10 October – Dublin, Ireland @ The Grand Social
Wednesday 11 October – Limerick, Ireland @ Dolans
Thursday 12 October – Galway, Ireland @ Roisin Dubh
Thursday 19 October – London, UK @ Electric Brixton
Tickets for the Irish shows through Singular Artists.
“Written through the joy of jamming together and locking into the groove like a multi limbed space age organism, Orbit has a dance rock edge from the early noughties of bands like New Young Pony Club and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Lyrically, it was inspired by post-lockdown London coming back to life and sharing a space through friendship and community. And how each day you never know what’s in store for you or how a stranger can become someone close to you – for a day, a heartbeat, a phase, or a lifetime.”
Social Lubrication, in the band’s words, is “Hyper lusty rock and roll with a political punch, exploring the alchemy of attraction, the lust for life, embracing community and calling out the patriarchy. With a healthy dose of playfulness and fun thrown in.”
Pre-order Social Lubrication HERE.
