Hear a new noise rock ripper from JOHN, "Riddley Scott Walker"

Jul 10, 2023

British noise rock duo JOHN recently announced the details of their new album A Life Diagrammatic, out September 22 via Brace Yourself/Pets Care. And today, they’ve got another new song to share. Their new single is “Riddley Scott Walker” and it’s a driving noise rock anthem with big hooks and bigger squalls of guitar. It also features an appearance from Barry Adamson (Magazine, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds). Check it out below.

“We currently rehearse next to the ramshackle of an industrial port on the south coast, and we’ve always drawn inspiration from the sites and sounds of this industrial fallout,” said JOHN’s John Newton in a statement. “There’s very deliberate signposts of this throughout the album, whether that be the field recordings of a demolition sequenced into a mesmerising rhythm or the inconsistency of a signal-bound phone conversation.”

“Having identified that visual references as just as important as audible ones, we really wanted to continue driving the cinematic leanings of our music. This is something that has steadily grown throughout our back catalogue and was a key reason why we felt it relevant to collaborate with other cinematically-inclined individuals such as Simon Pegg and Barry Adamson.”

A Life Diagrammatic follows 2021’s Nocturnal Manoeuvres.

JOHN tour dates:

Sept 22nd | Southsea, UK – Staggeringly Good Brewery (Out-Store)Sept 23rd | Brighton, UK – Resident (In-Store)Sept 24th | Bristol, UK – Rough Trade Bristol (In-Store)Sept 28th | Kingston, UK – Banquet Records (In-Store)Sept 29th | Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade Nottingham (In-Store)Sept 30th | London, UK – Rough Trade East (In-Store)Oct 3rd | Phoenix, AZ – Linger Longer LoungeOct 4th | Los Angeles, CA – The EchoOct 5th | Santa Ana, CA – Constellation RoomOct 7th | San Francisco, CA – Brick and MortarOct 10th | Seattle, WA – Sunset TavernOct 11th | Portland, OR – Mission TheaterOct 13th | Salt Lake City, UT – The DLCOct 14th | Denver, CO – Skylark LoungeOct 17th | St. Louis, MO – Off BroadwayOct 18th | Chicago, IL – SchubasOct 20th | Toronto, ON – The Baby GOct 21st | Columbus, OH – The BasementOct 24th | Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu NecktieOct 25th | Washington, DC – DC9Oct 26th | Brooklyn, NY – St. VitusNov 11th | London, UK – Pitchfork FestivalNov 24th | Margate, UK – Where ElseNov 25th | Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor BachDec 1st | Glasgow, UK – BroadcastDec 2nd | Edinburgh, UK – The Mash HouseDec 8th | Manchester, UK – Deaf InstituteDec 9th | Bristol, UK – Strange BrewDec 10th | Tunbridge Wells, UK – The Forum

Jan 5th-7th | Bognor Regis, UK – Rockaway Beach FestivalFeb 9th | Bournemouth, UK – Bear CaveFeb 16th | Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social ClubFeb 17th | Stowmarket, UK – John Peel CentreFeb 23rd | Brighton, UK – Concorde 2Feb 24th | Nottingham, UK – BodegaFeb 29th | London, UK – Scala

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