Towa Bird
The Brisbane four-piece detail a six-track follow-up to 2025's 'Tourist'.
Fragile Animals have released their new EP, ‘Dead Stop’, out now.
Produced by Elliot Heinrich, the six-track release was written in the aftermath of the Brisbane band's 2025 EP ‘Tourist’ and their first UK and European tour. The record explores the emotional comedown that followed, touching on ambition, uncertainty and the challenge of continuing to move forward after a major milestone.
Vocalist and bassist Victoria Jenkins says: “We started writing this EP immediately after we wrapped up touring ‘Tourist’ last year. We’d just lived a dream. I’d never loved doing anything so much or felt more like my true self. At the same time I’d never felt so frayed or fragile.
“The risks and sacrifices it took to make that record and tour happen really shook me, and it wasn’t until it was all over and we were sitting in a hotel in Manchester trying to write a new record that I kind of fell apart.”
She adds: “I felt like if we could just keep ourselves moving, and cross our fingers hard enough to prevent the world falling apart around us, we might actually get everything we wanted. If I’m honest, I’ve spent the last year trying to keep my terror in a box so that I can keep moving. That’s what this record is for me.”
The EP arrives ahead of an extensive UK and European tour this summer, including appearances at Farewell Youth Festival and Drop The Knife Festival.
JUNE
19 Farewell Youth Festival, Dresden
20 Fluxbau, Berlin
25 Sanderhaus, Kassel
26 JZ Kamp, Bielefeld
27 ANB Nord, Düsseldorf
28 Musicon, The Hague
JULY
1 Le Pub, Newport
2 Sin É, Dublin
3 Roisin Dubh, Galway
4 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
5 Hug and Pint, Glasgow
6 Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
7 Gullivers, Manchester
8 Shakespeares, Sheffield
9 Folklore, London
10 Supersonic, Paris
11 Drop The Knife Festival, Solingen
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