London six-piece Man/Woman/Chainsaw just announced their debut album Cannonball with ‘Nosedive’ – a bold, near six-minute statement that sees the band pushing well beyond their art-punk beginnings.
It’s a slow burn banger, that vocalist Emmie-Mae describes:
“about longing for both comfort and freedom simultaneously in a relationship through the metaphor of being an injured bird needing shelter. We turned it into a danceable upbeat track, which made the tone shift throughout the song as though you find a way to pick yourself up and fly away.”
It also signals something bigger about Cannonball as a whole. Recorded with Seth Evans and Margo Broom, the album promises a more ambitious, widescreen sound. For a band that formed as teenagers in a converted vicarage, this feels like a serious step forward. A sharpening of intent.
Catch Man/Woman/Chainsaw live:
May
Thu 21 – Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu Club
Fri 22 – Beverungen, DE – Orange Blossom Special Festival
Sat 23 – Mannheim, DE – Maifeld Derby Festival
July
Sat 4 – Werchter, BE – Rock Werchter Festival
Fri 24 – Thirsk, UK – Deer Shed Festival
Sat 25 – Southwold, UK – Latitude Festival
August
Thu 27 – Torremolinos, ES – Canela Party
Sat 29 – Paris, FR – Rock En Seine
September
Sat 12 – Asten-Heusden, NL – Misty Fields Festival
Sat 19 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Sports Club
Sun 20 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s
Tue 22 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Wed 23 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Thu 24 – Newcastle, UK – The Grove
Fri 25 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s
Sat 26 – Sheffield, UK – Float Along Festival
Tue 29 – Guildford, UK – The Boileroom
Wed 30 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
October
Thu 1 – Portsmouth, UK – The Wedgewood Rooms
Fri 2 – Bristol, UK – Thekla
Sat 3 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe
Mon 5 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Tue 6 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
Wed 7 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom