CARSICK

Salisbury genre-hoppers CARSICK are delighted to announce that they have signed to Alcopop! Records, and will release their forthcoming debut EP Drunk Hymns on 30th June 2023.

The band have today revealed the video for the EP’s lead single ‘Runner’ which is released 9th February 2023.

Commenting on the track, the band said: "It's a love song at heart, all about the abject terror of romance and heartbreak in the chaos of your teens and twenties."

The music video for 'Runner' was filmed in one day in brothers and co-working songwriters Joe (Vocals) and Jack Richardson’s (guitar) garden shed, directed, shot, and edited by photographer/videographer extraordinaire Dev Place, and assisted by gaffer/best boy Aaron Conway and production manager Dane Richardson.

CARSICK recently announced a run of February/March 2023 UK headline tour dates, which are on sale now (see below for listings) with further live dates TBA.

A band formed over pints in a small English pub in late 2021, CARSICK take influence from a range of different artists and genres—from indie rock to post-punk to hip-hop with electronic elements—but their tongue-in-cheek lyrical approach directly tackles the trials and tribulations of life as a young adult, and especially the drinking culture which dominates the band's demographic.

Their energetic and unpredictable live shows match that theme: this is music about living for the weekend; about the desperate chaos of small-town nightlife and about forgetting what happened last night.

The band's three standalone singles to date—'Is What It Is', 'Muzzle', and 'Local Legend'—have been championed by James Threlfall at BBC Introducing In the West and subsequently played on BBC Radio 1 by Gemma Bradley and BBC Radio 6 Music by both Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson, with 'Muzzle' also taking over Introducing stations across the country after being selected by Gemma Bradley as a pick of the week. In November 2022, the band performed at three shows across the West for BBC Introducing Live.

More than anything, CARSICK have rapidly made a name for themselves through their rowdy live performances. Since their debut show at Southampton's Joiners in November 2021, they have supported artists like Knuckle Puck, Salem, NOISY, Enola Gay, Narrow Head, and Beach Riot across the South of England. Their hometown gigs in Salisbury are the stuff of local legend, including a sold-out show at the 300-cap Chapel supported by borts and Binboy (ex-Gnarwolves).

In April 2022, the band caught the attention of the Marshall Live Agency, and were quickly signed to their growing roster of the country's most exciting young bands. In July 2022, they played two sets at Oxford's Truck Festival, opening both the Main Stage on the Thursday and the Market Stage on the Friday.