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News · 21 October 2026Lucky Iris have teamed up with Lynks for new single and video ‘LALALALALA’The Leeds duo’s new collaboration with Lynks is out now via Launchpad+ and EMI North.
Features · 3 August 2026LIFE built their own studio to make their most ambitious album yetFour years after their last album, Hull's LIFE return with 'ABSTRACT / NATURAL' – a self-produced record created in a studio the band built themselves with the help of their local creative community.
LIFE · Reviews · 18 June 2026LIFE - ABSTRACT / NATURALThere's a warmth and enthusiasm to these songs that makes them instantly likeable.
News · 11 June 2026LIFE have released 'My Yan' ahead of next week's album 'ABSTRACT / NATURAL'Quartet preview new record with a track born from Lake District walks.
Features · 20 May 2026Life is better in 2charm's 'star scum city'Australian duo 2charm have gone from Discord jokes to one of underground pop's most intriguing new acts.
News · 14 May 2026LIFE have shared their euphoric new single ‘Wild Grasses’ from upcoming album ‘ABSTRACT / NATURAL’The Hull quartet draw on Lake District inspiration for their fourth full-length record.
News · 9 April 2026LIFE have dropped ‘Turning In’, a new single about fatherhood and a mysterious heronTheir fourth album 'Abstract / Natural' due in June via EMI North.
News · 25 February 2026Leeds post-punks The 113 have announced new EP 'The Hedonist' with their single 'Scour'The EP will be released in April via Launchpad+ and EMI North.
News · 17 February 2026LIFE have announced their fourth album, ‘ABSTRACT / NATURAL’, for JuneThe news arrives alongside lead single ‘The Dollywaggon’.
News · 18 October 2024Lucky Iris have released their new EP, 'something to believe in'The 4-track EP features personal storytelling, melodic hooks, and electronic production.
News · 24 July 2024Lucky Iris have shared their new single 'universal', from upcoming EP 'something to believe in'The duo's new track explores feelings of isolation and uncertainty in a world that seems to be falling apart.
News · 9 January 2023The latest edition of Down With Boring heads to Rockaway Beach with Yard Act, LIFE and moreOur flagship podcast-slash-radio-show Down With Boring is back this evening (9th January) with its first edition of 2023.
News · 12 December 2022LIFE have shared a re-interpreted version of 'Jingle Bells'They're set to hit the road next year, starting with an appearance at Rockaway Beach before an Independent Venue Week run visiting northern coastal towns.
Features · 22 August 2022LIFE: "We felt like we owed it to Hull"Lots of people love their hometown. Very few write a whole album inspired by it. For LIFE, though, there's no place like Hull.
News · 15 June 2022Check out LIFE's new track, 'The Drug'Taken from their forthcoming album 'North East Coastal Town', it's got "drive, repetition and jerk-ability," apparently.
News · 19 April 2022LIFE have debuted a brand new single, 'Almost Home'The track is taken from the band's forthcoming third album 'North East Coastal Town'
News · 1 March 2022LIFE have announced details of their third album, ‘North East Coastal Town’They've also shared the next single to be taken from it, ‘Big Moon Lake’.
News · 17 November 2021LIFE have dropped an early teaser from their third album, new single 'Friends Without Names'Keep an eye out for the band's new full-length next summer.
News · 26 May 2020LIFE team up with IDLES for an incendiary remix of latest single ‘Switching On’The band have also revealed a brand new Zine - benefiting WISHH's Hull Hospitals Covid-19 Urgent Appeal
News · 5 November 2019LIFE have dropped a new video for their track, 'Excites Me'"We really wanted to do something manic and full of energy."
News · 16 September 2019LIFE: "There's a lost generation of people who have fallen through the cracks"Pushing against their own expectations, LIFE’s second album may have been born of personal turmoil, but as frontman Mez Green explains, it’s bigger and better too.
News · 11 September 2019Life have released a messy new video for 'Bum Life'Probs won't be having soup for a while tbh.
News · 17 July 2019Life have shared a new video for ‘Hollow Thing’, and announced a UK tourThe band will hit the road this autumn.
News · 12 June 2019Life have announced their second album 'A Picture Of Good Health', and dropped new single ‘Hollow Thing’The full-length is due in September.
<strong>LIFE</strong> have released a new version of <strong>'Jingle Bells'</strong> to celebrate the holiday season12 December 2022LIFE have revealed a brand new IDLES remix of their latest single, 'Switching On'26 May 2020LIFE are among the second wave of acts for Rockaway Beach 20211 May 2020LIFE have shared a brand new single, 'Switching On'11 March 2020LIFE have shared a brand new video for their recent single 'Moral Fibre'25 April 2019Life's a beach for Fickle Friends at Reading Festival25 August 2018

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