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Stealing Sheep announce new album Big Wows

By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 28 November 2018

Stealing Sheep have announced that they will release their third album, ‘Big Wows’, on 19 Apr.

“We hit upon this conversational-style between the vocals and have alternating lead melodies”, says the band’s Rebecca Hawley of the new record. “There’s a sarcastic tone to some of the music but there is always a strong wilfulness to incorporate honest integrity, which is hard to do but refreshing when it finally comes out”.

“We wanted sounds to represent TVs, computers and everyday glitches”, she continues. “We started to have this feeling that life is like a game and how you can malfunction when you’re blasted with too much information”.

She adds: “The big challenge is making machines sound organic, emotional, finding their flaws. That’s why [BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer] Delia Derbyshire is so important to us. All the effects that she uses serve to humanise the machines”.

The first single from the album, ‘Jokin Me’, is out now. Watch the video here:

There will be tour dates too. Look:

25 Apr: Glasgow, Broadcast
27 Apr: Manchester, Yes
28 Apr: Bristol, Thekla
30 Apr: London, Hackney Arts Centre
2 May: Birmingham, Horse & Hounds
3 May: Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach