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Glasvegas – Degüello

Glasvegas will return with the euphoric, distorted expanse of "Degüello". The single introduces Airy Fairy, the band’s first album in six years plus 11 UK & Ireland tour dates, including a Glasgow homecoming, playing the O2 Academy, and a return to London to play The Dome

Anna C took a listen for Return To Sound:

Glasvegas somewhat passed me by in days of yore. I couldn’t even tell you why because they were huge in the noughties, coming up second in the UK charts and also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize back in 2009, to give you but two facts. And now they rejoin us in a near- apocalyptic world. With tinned goods and water flying off the shelf here in Blighty and Trump literally getting an arse kicking from the majority of Americans just today – perhaps we need the simplicity of this single, the title taken from a film apparently but with a meaning of ‘cutthroat’ or ‘no mercy’, depending on what an AI search might proffer.

Though that translation makes this track sound a lot more dramatic than it is, "Deguello" is actually uplifting where life feels a bit bleak, anthemic guitar-driven indie with a sublime Scottish accent in the vein of fellow countrymen Idlewild or The Twilight Sad. “Like the moon sheds its shadow/ Maybe one day my better side will show/ Maybe then the Degüello/Is the me you only used to know” sings frontman James Allan in an introspective introduction to their next album, their first recording in six whole years. That is called Airy Fairy and you can hear it in April 2027.

For now, this will have you humming along and possibly even flicking your floppy hair if you’re lucky to still have any, in anticipation.

Glasvegas online:

www.instagram.com/glasvegasofficial

www.facebook.com/glasvegas

http://www.tiktok.com/@glasvegasofficial

Glasvegas on Tour:

Sat 1 May – Glasgow, O2 Academy

Fri 7 May – Newcastle, Digital

Sat 8 May – Manchester, Club Academy

Sun 9 May – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

Wed 12 May – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms

Thu 13 May – Bristol, Thekla

Fri 14 May – London, The Dome

Thu 9 Sep – Belfast, Limelight 2

Fri 10 Sep – Dublin, Whelan's

Sat 11 Sep – Cork, Cyprus Avenue

Sun 12 Sep – Limerick, Dolan's Warehouse