Described by Rolling Stone at SXSW as “a young band in the process of inventing something ecstatically new”, the London-based six-piece Man/Woman/Chainsaw return today with new single ‘Adam & Steve’, part of a special one-off AA release landing on tastemaker label So Young Records. Recorded by Geordie Greep producer Seth Evans & Margo Broom at RAK Studios and featuring verses shared between dual vocalists Billy Ward and Vera Leppänen, the song is their most immediate and melodic yet, full of a longing for what might be lost.
Billy Ward (vocals, guitar) had the following to say about the song’s theme:
“We wrote Adam & Steve last year and it’s our own bittersweet take on the heart-on-sleeve love song. It comes from a place of wanting to find a little fairy tale escapism in modern romance.”
Recently celebrating their 100th gig, last November the shared their debut EP Eazy Peazy landing on Fat Possum Records. Recorded with Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox at Echo Zoo studio in Eastbourne, the group present us with cinematic arrangements, mauled by moments of cacophony; the band’s Billy Ward says of their writing process: “we thrive on the thin line between pretty and noisy, often trying to jump between the two – it’s that chaos that excites us.”
Man/Woman/Chainsaw Live Dates
April
9 – Oxford, UK – Jericho Tavern
10 – London, UK – Scala
11 – Bedford, UK – Esquires
12 – Bristol, UK – Outer Town Festival
25 – Rotterdam, NL – Rotown
26 – Nijmegen, NL – Code Oranje Festival
May
8– York, UK – The Crescent
9 – Kendal, UK – Kendal Library
10 – Reading, UK – Are You Listening? Festival
15 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape
24 – Walton-on-Trent, UK – Bearded Theory Festival
25 – North Shields, UK – A Stone’s Throw Festival
August
07 – Haldern, DE – Haldern Pop Festival
09 – Winchester, UK – Boomtown Festival
22 – Portsmouth, UK – Victorious Festival
29 – Salisbury, UK – End of The Road Festival
September
17 – Cologne, DE – Bumann & Sohn
18 – Hamburg, DE – Reeperbahn Festival
19 – Berlin, DE – Neue Zukunft
November
1 – Brussels, BE – Les Nuits Weekender
14 – Salford, UK – The White Hotel
15 – Leeds, UK – Live at Leeds
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