PINS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE ‘ALL HAIL’ OUT NOW

Manchester all-female five-piece PINS have announced new single All Hail, which will be released on 10^th March and will feature on their new EP Bad Thing, out on 24^th March through Haus Of Pins.

PINS recently released their single Aggrophobe, which features Iggy Pop on vocals, receiving support from 6Music and Radio X alongside a host of rave reviews. New single All Hail is a mesmeric dark pop song with repetitive guitar and bass lines backed by alluring chant-like vocals and a collective chorus. A live performance video of the track will be premiering soon. PINS say;

“Sometimes songs take ages to come together and sometimes it writes itself. We were in a dingy practice room in California and we had been working on a song for a while but not really getting anywhere. Then in the last ten minutes of the session we scrapped everything we had done and just took the riff from the middle 8, and immediately we had something we were all excited about. From then on All Hail came together so easily. We recorded it in an abandoned school hall in Liverpool in one day.”

Following the release of their acclaimed second album Wild Nights, PINS went back into the studio to work on new music. Recorded in an isolated house on the Scottish Borders last October and produced by Mark Vernon and the band themselves, their new EP will feature 5 tracks, which include a cover of Joy Division’s Dead Souls. It will be released as a download along with 500 limited edition 12” on Cadillac pink vinyl, which are available to pre-order from Haus of Pins.

The EP opens with the teasing Bad Thing before moving into the addictive Aggrophobe, featuring Iggy Pop’s iconic vocal, leading onto the chant-like pop of All Hail and the dreamy and synth-laden In Nightmares, before ending with PINS own take on Dead Souls. The four new tracks are synonymous with PINS’ sound but also showcase a vigorous, more mature side to the band, making up a solid and impressive musical body of work. A teaser for the EP can be watched here EP Teaser.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

The last two years have seen packed out touring schedules for the band, supporting the likes of Sleater-Kinney, Drenge, The Subways, Best Coast and most recently Honeyblood, aswell as perform their own headline gigs and shows at festivals including SXSW and Secret Garden Party. PINS will be touring in the UK & European this month and next, commencing in Kortrijk on 29^th March and culminating in a hometown show in Manchester on Saturday 22^nd April. They have also announced they will be supporting Maximo Park on tour in May and have confirmed festival appearances for the summer, including Festival Number 6 and Subterranean. Full tour dates are as follows:

March:
Wed  29^th                 Kortrijk                    De Kreun
Thurs   30^th              Rotterdam              TBC
Fri        31^st              Berlin                      Indie Kollektiv Karrera Klub @ Lido

April:
Sat     1^st                   Hamburg               Motobooty Live @ Molotow
Mon   3^rd                   Bologna                 Freak Out Club
Tues    4^th                 Zurich                     Rote Fabrik
Wed  5^th                   Switzerland             Le Romandie Rock Club
Thurs   6^th                Lyon                       Le Sonic
Fri        7^th                Paris                      L’Espace B
Sat     8^th                  Liege                     Insert Name Festival
Sun     9^th                 Lille                       La Malterie
Mon   10^th                Cardiff                   The Moon Club
Tues    11^th              Brighton                 Rialto
Wed  12^th                Oxford                    The Bullingdon
Thurs   13^th             Norwich                  Arts Centre
Fri        14^th             Glasgow                 Broadcast
Sat     15^th               Edinburgh               Sneaky Pete’s
Sun     16^th              Dundee                   Beat Generator Live
Mon   17^th               Newcastle               Cluny 2
Tues    18^th             Leeds                      Headrow House
Wed  19^th               London                    Moth Club
Thurs   20^th            Bedford                    Esquires
Fri        21^st            Leicester                  The Cookie
Sat     22^nd             Manchester              White Hotel
Sun     30^th            Liverpool                   Festevol Gardens

May (with Maximo Park):
Fri        5^th              Birmingham              O2 Institute
Sat     6^th                Newcastle                O2 Academy
Mon   8^th                Aberdeen                 The Lemon Tree
Tues    9^th              Glasgow                   O2 ABC
Wed  10^th               Sheffield                   The Leadmill
Fri        12^th            London                     Royal Festival Hall
Sat     13^th             Bexhill-On-Sea          De La Warr Pavilion
Mon   15^th             Cambridge                 The Junction
Tues    16^th           Cardiff                        Tramshed
Wed  17^th              Falmouth                   Princess Pavilion
Fri        19^th           Manchester                Albert Hall

September:
Thur 7^th-Sun 10^th   Portmeirion              Festival Number 6
Sat 23^rd                 Cambridge               Subterranean