Loose Articles

Following an exclusive first play with Chris Hawkins on BBC 6music, Manchester indie punks Loose Articles are pleased to announce their return with a new single, ‘Sinead Loves Bitcoin’, set for release on 26th April 2023 via Alcopop! Records.

The quartet are also delighted to reveal a string of UK festival appearances including Long Division, 2000 Tees, and Rebellion, as well as a run of EU tour dates supporting LA punk/funk quintet Thumpasaurus.

Fresh from supporting fellow Mancunians and post-punk legends New Order at SXSW, the band have launched a spoof NFT scheme to accompany the track, alongside Sinead’s Bitcoin Fund, which will offer fans the ability to donate money to the band to unlock perks.

Tiers range from £0–20+ and include incentives like a specially recorded B-side short story, a cassette tape of the release, a DTG Ape Loose Articles shirt, and more special gifts TBC.

Donate here: http://sineadsbitcoinfund.com/  ​

“The song is about our pal and local legend Sinead Ferguson, who's a band photographer,” say the band of the story behind the track. “She had her instagram account hijacked by Bitcoin hackers who were posing as her and trying to sell everyone Bitcoin for £10,000. For a split second everyone thought Sinead was a Bitcoin dealer, so we turned it into a song where she was stealing your wifi and hacking your social media accounts to sell Bitcoin.”

The quartet have also had a line up reshuffle since the release of their 2022 Chaos EP, with occasional stand-in Abbi Phillips (She Drew The Gun, PINS) now taking over from the band’s original drummer Louise Rivett full time behind the kit, who now moves up front to start the party on keys and percussion.

Loose Articles recently embarked on their 'Kick Like A Girl' headline tour, which was funded by the Arts Council England. They offered intimate access and entry-level insights into the music venue to young women (14 - 25) from underrepresented backgrounds, all whilst supporting grassroots venues and northern creatives.

Specialising in discordant, hypnotic repetition, tales of nights out, and radical politics, Loose Articles are a punk quartet with plenty to say. Their music speaks to all those determined to get through the age of austerity with tongue in cheek, and two feet firmly on the dancefloor. Plying repetition (repetition, repetition…) with ragged edges and a sardonic, sarcastic drawl delivered with fierce, in your face, punk-fueled attitude, both feminine & threatening, Loose Articles are here to make a point.

Already heavily championed by Steve Lamacq at BBC 6 Music (where they’ve also seen strong support from Chris Hawkins, Tom Robinson and Amy Lamé) the band have also picked up love from John Kennedy at Radio X, appearing on the Evening Playlist, and have appeared on Spotify’s The Punk List.

Elsewhere they’ve been covered by NME as one of The NME 100 list, endorsed by punk- friendly fashion labels Fred Perry Subculture and Underground England, named as one of Under The Radar Magazine’s 22 for 2022, and have appeared on BBC One’s Football Focus as keen amateur pundits and fans of the beautiful game. Kick Like A Girl was released around the Women’s 2022 Euros, with Shoot Music supporting key sporting playlists - alongside a request from Dave Grohl to support the Foo Fighters in Manchester.