Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have revealed details of their fifth studio album 'Death Hilarious'. It will be released on April 4 via Rocket (and on Missing Piece Records in North America).
The band have also released a new single called 'Stitches' – watch the wonderful, animated video directed by the extremely talented Ben Faircloth, watch the video below.
This is what vocalist, Matt Batty from the band says about 'Stitches': "I'm aware our band sits in a world largely commandeered by bravado, confidence and machoism, but Stitches is an expression of vulnerability, paradoxical emotions and those so familiar pangs of anxiety I wrestle with while butting heads with societal expectations and personal struggles."
Whereas 2023's Land Of Sleeper was conceived as an immersive headphones experience, this time Pigs strove for something more directly hostile. "We wanted it to be a slap in the face," grins producer and guitarist Sam Grant. That objective came, in part, from playing so many gigs over the last couple of years. The band felt well-oiled and ripe to give listeners at home the kind of pummelling their audiences receive.
'Death Hilarious' does bring in some big surprises, particularly the track 'Glib Tongued', which has guest bars by El-P from Run The Jewels. When bassist John-Michael Hedley unwittingly wrote what his bandmates considered their equivalent of a hip-hop number, Pigs set their sights high and secured a blistering contribution from one of the world's greatest rappers.