Pet Needs announce new album "Kind of Acoustic"
Rounding-off what’s been a stellar year for the band, Pet Needs are delighted to announce new album “Kind of Acoustic”. Due for release on 24th January 2025, the release is fronted by The Burning Building, its lead single, which is out now.
You can pre-order the new album now HERE.
A special acoustic album, their upcoming release comprises 12 tracks in total, with 4 songs taken from each of their 3 albums to date and all performed in an earthy, unplugged new guise.
Cherry picking their own personal favourite tracks of their career so far, the band decamped to the tiny Welsh village of Borth with producer Mike West, where they spent four frantic days reworking them and performing them live in the village’s deconsecrated church, Our Lady Studio.
Explaining the rationale behind the new album and how “Kind of Acoustic” came together, frontman Johnny Marriott says:
“We wanted to create something warm, raw and organic. Something acoustic. Something that felt like the most true take as opposed to the most perfect.
Presenting the songs in this way has given them space to breathe. We've never recorded like this before. Mike West was amazing at the helm, guiding us through playing by feeling and having a conversation with our instruments as opposed to just hammering the tunes out. We've chosen what we thought would be best presented as acoustic songs, and together have created something we're really proud of.”
Amongst its twelve tracks, listeners can expect smash singles (Get On The Roof, Ibiza In Winter, Fear For The Whole Damn World and Punk Isn’t Dead), alongside a smorgasbord of fan (and band) favourites from their debut “Fractured Party Music”, fiery follow-up “Primetime Entertainment”, and Official Top 20 Album “Intermittent Fast Living”. Teasing the release, is the newly reworked version of The Burning Building. Of the single, Johnny adds:
“The Burning Building is one of my favourites on Intermittent Fast Living. It's a bonkers punk tune about a broken industry. We were invited to play The Burning Building many times when we were younger. Pay to plays, exposure shows... The cash must be going somewhere, because it's definitely not in the pockets of new bands just starting out!
We set ourselves the challenge of making the acoustic version as raucous as possible and had loads of fun with it!”
You can stream The Burning Building now HERE.
Photos (c) Vanessa Sollner
“Kind of Acoustic” will be released on 24th January 2025, via Xtra Mile Recordings. Supporting the release in fitting fashion, Pet Needs will be heading out on a run of acoustic shows around the release. Catch them at these venues as follows:
JANUARY
23 - The Salty Dog, Northwich
24 - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
25 - The Hairy Dog, Derby
28 - The Parish, Huddersfield
29 - Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln
30 - The Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham
31st - In Cider Festival
FEBRUARY
1 - St Stephen's Church, Ipswich
Tickets for all shows available now on the bands website HERE
