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The Academic have dropped the final single from their upcoming album, ‘My Very Best’

The Academic have dropped the final single from their upcoming album, ‘My Very Best’

'Sitting Pretty' is due to release on 10th February via EMI.

19 Jan 2023 • 4:51 pm

The Academic have released their new single 'Homesick'

The Academic have released their new single 'Homesick'

The track will be featured on their forthcoming album, 'Sitting Pretty'.

9 Dec 2022 • 11:53 am

The Academic have shared a new single, ‘Pushing Up Daisies’, and announced their second album, ‘Sitting Pretty’

The Academic have shared a new single, ‘Pushing Up Daisies’, and announced their second album, ‘Sitting Pretty’

The 13-track sophomore LP will arrive on February 10th via EMI.

27 Oct 2022 • 7:39 am

The Academic have launched their first new music of 2022, single 'Don’t Take It Personally'

The band have a new album coming next spring.

1 Sept 2022 • 5:58 pm

The Snuts, The Academic and more have joined the line-up for Norwich's Neck of the Woods

The Snuts, The Academic and more have joined the line-up for Norwich's Neck of the Woods

The bill already includes Sea Girls, DMA's, Dodie, Yonaka, KAWALA, The Goa Express, NOISY and more.

17 Mar 2022 • 4:09 pm

The Academic: "These songs were made to reach people"

The Academic: "These songs were made to reach people"

With an EP born from recording sessions with a former Kaiser Chief, and a big old headline tour on the horizon, Irish up-and-comers The Academic aren’t letting lockdown get them down.

24 Jun 2020 • 2:57 pm