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Releases

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Escaping from a Violent Time

Escaping from a Violent Time

10th May 2024

Get Better

Get Better

17th August 2018

More Than I Can Afford

More Than I Can Afford

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 4

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 4

Relief Rain

Relief Rain

Permanent

Permanent

Are You High?

Are You High?

Living Alone

Living Alone

EPs
Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 2 - EP

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 2 - EP

7th January 2022

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 1 - EP

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 1 - EP

17th January 2020

PHRESSSH - EP

PHRESSSH - EP

26th May 2017

Mixtape One - EP

Mixtape One - EP

2017

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Mixtape One

2017

Singles
On the Ropes

On the Ropes

5th January 2024

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 3

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 3

14th April 2023

Heart Attacks

Heart Attacks

3rd March 2023

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 2

Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 2

7th January 2022

How Are You Gonna Lose? (Broods Remix)

How Are You Gonna Lose? (Broods Remix)

21st December 2018

Peach (Bad Sounds Remix)

Peach (Bad Sounds Remix)

19th October 2018

Wages (Everything Everything Remix)

Wages (Everything Everything Remix)

12th October 2018

Couldn't Give It Away (Acoustic)

Couldn't Give It Away (Acoustic)

20th July 2018

Tracks by Bad Sounds

50+ tracks in our catalogue

  1. Aah SongEscaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 4 - EP
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  2. Aah Song
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  3. Aah SongEscaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 4
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  4. Aah SongEscaping from a Violent Time
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  5. Aah Song
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  6. Aah Song
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  7. AngieEscaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 2 - EP
    3:19
  8. AngieEscaping from a Violent Time, Vol. 2
    3:19
  9. Another ManGet Better
    3:48
  10. Another ManGet Better
    3:48

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Henham Park, Henham
23 Jul 2021
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Standon Lordship, Standon
08 Jun 2019
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Vale Village, Birmingham
24 May 2019
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Exhibition Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Wages

Wages

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Zacharia

Zacharia

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Meat on My Bones

Meat on My Bones

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Are You High?

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Avalanche

Avalanche

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I Feel

I Feel

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Move into Me

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Evil Powers

Evil Powers

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Couldn’t Give It Away

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Milk It

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Sympathetic Vibrations

Sympathetic Vibrations

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Honestly

Honestly

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Bad Sounds have dropped a new single, 'Escaping From A Violent Time'
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Bad Sounds have dropped a new single, 'Escaping From A Violent Time'

"At one point it was a country song," the pair explain.

16 Feb 2024 • 9:45 am
Bad Sounds have dropped a new single they originally wrote for Ke$ha, 'On The Ropes' ("She didn't fancy it")
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Bad Sounds have dropped a new single they originally wrote for Ke$ha, 'On The Ropes' ("She didn't fancy it")

It's from a new EP coming later this year.

5 Jan 2024 • 11:06 am
Bad Sounds have released a new single, 'Beggin''
News

Bad Sounds have released a new single, 'Beggin''

It's from a new EP coming next year.

10 Nov 2023 • 9:29 am
Bad Sounds have teamed up with Jake Isaac for new single, 'Heart Attacks'
News

Bad Sounds have teamed up with Jake Isaac for new single, 'Heart Attacks'

They're going to play two new shows this June, too.

6 Mar 2023 • 5:08 pm
Bad Sounds have dropped a new single, 'Hard MF 2 LUV'
News

Bad Sounds have dropped a new single, 'Hard MF 2 LUV'

They're currently working on new EP ‘Escaping from a Violent Time Vol 3.’.

9 Feb 2023 • 12:13 pm
Bad Sounds struggle with the cost of living crisis with their new track 'More Than I Can Afford'
News

Bad Sounds struggle with the cost of living crisis with their new track 'More Than I Can Afford'

“We try to live up to a moral code, but sometimes it feels unattainable."

6 Jan 2023 • 4:15 pm
Bad Sounds have made their grand return with a brand new single, ‘Nu Me Nu Yu’
News

Bad Sounds have made their grand return with a brand new single, ‘Nu Me Nu Yu’

It is the British alternative group’s first release since their January EP, ‘Escaping from a Violent Time, Vol 2’.

12 Oct 2022 • 1:46 pm
Bad Sounds have released a new EP, 'Escaping From a Violent Time, Vol 2'
News

Bad Sounds have released a new EP, 'Escaping From a Violent Time, Vol 2'

The five-track record features two new tracks.

10 Jan 2022 • 4:20 pm
Bad Sounds: "We're definitely releasing an album this year"
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Bad Sounds: "We're definitely releasing an album this year"

The duo are among the latest acts confirmed for Live At Leeds.

7 Mar 2018 • 8:00 am
Bad Sounds: "Going on tour with Rat Boy was a bloody eye opener"
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Bad Sounds: "Going on tour with Rat Boy was a bloody eye opener"

Equipment isn’t the only thing Bad Sounds will be breaking next year.

7 Jan 2017 • 3:02 pm
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Sympathetic Vibrations

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How Are You Gonna Lose (Broods Remix)

Bad Sounds — Nu Me Nu Yu
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Nu Me Nu Yu

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