Good News

Sheffield’s resident wonky-popskis Good News are set to release their debut album Small Forms via Bingo Records on September 13, and have today announced a headline tour.

First singles out the gates are double a-sides ‘Orange Juice In The Shower’ b/w ‘Tits’, a pair of tracks which set the tone for an album as bristling with lean pop hooks as it is with caustic socio-political barbs. ‘Orange Juice…’ looks at domestic relationships while ‘Tits’ looks outwards, dishing out withering criticism much further reaching than its 1:39 run time would seemingly allow. Treated bass and eczema-dry percussion carry the music, rhythm first, delivering taut missives accented by discordant clarinet and guitar. Good News epitomise the concept of making a point and not sticking around too long.

Recorded in a studio built in the band’s attic with in-house Bingo Records producer Zac Barfoot, Small Forms follows their 2023 debut EP Same As That, which earned the band a live session with Marc Riley & Gideon Coe (BBC 6 Music). Since then, their feisty clarinet, bass, and cowbell-propelled rhythms have bounced around the North & London supporting The Bug Club, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds, Wesley Gonzalez & Wild Garlic and Acid Klaus.