‘NIHILISTIC
GLAMOUR SHOTS’
THE
DEBUT ALBUM OUT MARCH 30, 2018 ON INFECTIOUS MUSIC
CONTAINS THE BBC 6MUSIC PLAYLISTED SINGLES ‘CELEBRATION OF A
DISEASE’
& ‘GIBRALTAR APE’ PLUS NEW SINGLE ‘ARMS OF PLEONEXIA’
PRE-ORDER HERE
+
HEADLINE TOUR & ‘GLAMOUR AT THEE RITZ’ EVENT IN MANCHESTER
‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ is the debut album from Cabbage,
to be released 30th March 2018 on Infectious Music. Listen to the
new single ‘Arms Of Pleonexia’, premiered last night on Radio 1 by Huw
Stephens, here
Produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey (Blossoms, The
Coral, She Drew The Gun) at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool,
‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ is an album that confirms Cabbage
as one of the most nuanced bands in years. Equally drawn to socialist politics
and mucking about, they’re devotees of both big choruses and anarchic totems
like GG Allin, Genesis P Orridge and Butthole Surfers. It’s a mixture writ
large throughout ‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’, from the frenetic opening salvo of
‘Preach To The Converted’, ‘Arms Of Pleonexia’ and ‘Molotov Alcopop’, via
‘Perdurabo’s swampy blues and wild funk of ‘Exhibit A’ to the devastating
seven-minute finale ‘Subhuman 2.0’. It’s hard to think of another band who
could write a magnificently infectious two-minute frantic anthem and then call
it ‘Obligatory Castration’. Only two album tracks have been heard before, the
BBC6 Music playlisted singles ‘Celebration Of A Disease’ and ‘Gibraltar Ape’.
Indeed, the savagely brilliant ‘Postmodernist Caligula’ was written and
recorded in a matter of days at the end of the album recording sessions.
There’s been a weight of fevered expectation around a full
Cabbage album ever since their startling debut EP ‘Le Chou’ arrived at the
start of 2016. Since then, the Manchester band have released 36 songs, played
well over 200 gigs – and been at the centre of two media storms. Faced with a
band as uncompromising as Cabbage, it’s disturbing if unsurprising that
untruths have clouded the positivity of their intent. The reality is that Cabbage
are a band to believe in, and ‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ is the most thrilling
way imaginable to convey their message.
While it broadens Cabbage’s sound further still from their
already eclectic previous five EPs, ‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ also does a
superb job of capturing the raw energy of their freewheeling live shows. The
band have kept the gigs fresh partly by theming each tour, with autumn’s
Healing Brexit Towns Experiment living up to its name.
Cabbage formed in Mossley, a small town on the edge of the
Pennines nine miles East of Manchester, in November 2015. Co-vocalist Lee Broadbent
and Eoghan Clifford (guitar) had been drummers in their previous bands, while Joe
Martin (co-vocalist) was a promising performance poet. Hilariously twisted live
staple ‘Dinner Lady’ from ‘Le Chou’ was initially one of Joe’s poems. Bassist
Steve Evans had the most experience, having been in several bands before adding
his beatific calm and fluid playing to Cabbage. Drummer Asa Morley was the last
to join, recruited in early 2016. While
he’s so far the only non-songwriter in Cabbage, the laidback drummer isn’t to
be under-estimated: check the power of his playing on the menacing ‘Reptiles
State Funeral’.
Although they released a double-vinyl compilation of their
first three EPs (the brilliantly titled ‘Young, Dumb And Full Of… Cabbage’) for
Record Store Day 2017, ‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ is definitely Cabbage’s debut
album proper. And, whatever else happens, ‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ will have
people talking about Cabbage for the right reasons. It’s as idealistic as music
gets.
Cabbage head out on tour later this month, supported by The
Rhythm Method, and will embark on more dates in April following the release of
the album with support from She Drew The Gun. On May 19th, the band
will curate ‘Glamour At Thee Ritz’ at Manchester’s O2 Ritz. Starting at 5pm and
headlined by Cabbage, the event across 2 rooms at The Ritz will feature PINS,
The Blinders, Rhythm Method, Witch Fever, Lady Bird, Sports Team + more to be
announced over the coming weeks.
Cabbage
‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’:
1.
Preach
To The Converted
2.
Arms
Of Pleonexia
3.
Molotov
Alcopop
4.
Disinfect
Us
5.
Postmodernist
Caligula
6.
Exhibit
A
7.
Celebration
Of A Disease
8.
Perdurabo
9.
Gibraltar
Ape
10.
Obligatory
Castration
11.
Reptiles
State Funeral
12.
Subhuman
2.0
CABBAGE:
HEADLINE DATES
Jan 31 Hull The
Welly Club *
Feb 1 Nottingham
The Bodega * - SOLD OUT
Feb 2 Stoke-on-Trent
The Sugarmill *
Feb 3 Sheffield
Plug **
Feb 7 Southampton
The Loft *
FEB 8 LONDON, THE
100 CLUB ** - SOLD OUT
Feb 9 Bristol
Fiddlers *
Feb 10 Leeds
Brudenell Social Club **
Feb 14 Newcastle Riverside
- * VENUE UPGRADE
Feb 15 Glasgow King
Tut’s Wah Wah Hut **
Feb 16 Liverpool The
Magnet *
Feb 17 Birmingham
Castle & Falcon **
Main support on all dates: The Rhythm Method
Second support: * Real Life Entertainment, ** Slow Knife
April 4 Aberdeen, The
Tunnels
April 5 Edinburgh, The
Mash House
April 6 Kendal, Brewery
Art Centre
April 7 Middlesbrough,
Westgarth Social Club
April 11 York, The
Crescent Community Venue
April 12 Leicester, Dryden
Street Social
April 13 Norwich, Norwich
Arts Centre
April 14 Coventry,
Empire
April 18 Oxford O2 Academy 2
April 19 Cardiff, Clwb
Ifor Bach
April 20 Brighton,
Patterns
April 21 Portsmouth, Wedgewood
Rooms
Main support on all April dates(except 21st): She Drew The
Gun
May 19 Manchester O2
Ritz, Cabbage Present… Glamour At Thee Ritz
Also featuring PINS, The Blinders,
Rhythm Method, Witch Fever, Lady Bird, Sports Team + more to be announced
Tickets for
all gigs http://gigst.rs/CABBAGE
