


So we haven’t actually released an album in proper times since 2017, so this feels really new again, which is quite nice. I’m not even sure we got to celebrate it together. JOE LANGRIDGE- BROWN: It actually feels quite alien because the last album, Moral Panic, was released during the pandemic. How are you feeling as you approach this album release day? As Langridge-Brown explains, Dead Club City is both a departure from, and natural evolution out of, all of the band’s previous work – and their unpredictability is one of their most compelling strengths. Soon, fans will get to experience these new songs firsthand, as the band heads out on an extensive tour across Europe and North America to support this album release. He should be pleased: he and his bandmates have created an ambitious concept album that draws the listener into a compelling (and deliberately amorphous) alternate universe. Nothing But Thieves guitarist/lyricist Joe Langridge-Brown is all relaxed smiles during a recent video call from his home in England to discuss his alternative band’s much-anticipated fourth studio album, Dead Club City (just released on June 30 via RCA/Sony Music).
