London post-punksters Alien Chicks announce second EP Forbidden Fruit set for release on 9 May via Hideous Mink Records (Opus Kink) & SO Recordings (Enter Shikari, Deadletter, Big Special) and share brand new single ‘Donkeyhead’.
Marking the follow-up to EP lead single ‘Babe’ out late last year, ‘Donkeyhead’ showcases the sharp guitar work of Josef Lindsay, pulsating basslines of Stefan Parker-Steele, and explosive drumming of Martha Daniels in full flow. The band’s intoxicating live show has already seen them sell-out multiple London headliners over the last few years and the band will soon be heading back out on a run of UK shows in support of Pom Poko, followed by their own EU tour dates.
Detailing ‘Donkeyhead’, Josef explained:
“Part of ‘Donkeyhead’ was a fever dream, in which Josef gave into the (imagined) circumstance in which someone would break into the house and shoot him in the head. Not paranoid, he seemed to be at peace with this situation. It was a song we played live when we first started as a band but it was forgotten about for a while. We recently merged it with another unfinished song (originally titled ‘no bins’), the chorus of which poked fun at the fact that there seem to be no bins in north London anywhere! As many of our songs do, ‘Donkeyhead’ overall has a driving, punky energy to it whilst also containing underlying melodic jazzy sections. It will be the first song on the new EP!”.
Alien Chicks Live Dates
February
15 – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
16 – Dublin, Whelan’s, Dublin
17 – Zerox, Newcastle
18 – McChuill’s, Glasgow
26 – The Lower Third, London (Soho Calling – hosted by DIY Magazine)
March
7 – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff*
8 -The Garage*, London
9 – YES, Manchester*
11 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds*
12 – Chalk, Brighton*
13 – Where Else, Margate*
April
9 – Kult 41, Bonn, GER
10 – Volksbad, Flensburg, GER
11 – Southcentral, Gledeberg, GER
12 – Supamolly, Berlin, GER
14 – Paard, The Hague, NL
15 – Utrecht, ACU, Utrecht, NL
19 – Stockton Calling, Stockton
20 – Esquires, Bedford+
*supporting Pom Poko
+supporting Big Special