HotWax have released new single ‘One More Reason’, the third track from their upcoming debut album ‘Hot Shock’.
The track arrives alongside a video directed by Josh Quinton, featuring underground figure Princess Julia and styling by Greta. The band are set to celebrate with a launch party at London’s The Divine, which will include special guests and limited edition merchandise inspired by the video.
Speaking about the track, singer Tallulah Sim-Savage explains: “When we were at Stella’s [Mozgawa, of Warpaint] studio in Joshua Tree we were jamming together and Lola started with this bass riff, instantly Stella said ‘We have to record this’. We got it down as a jam idea and over the next months we wrote One More Reason. We wanted it to feel like the opening song at a festival set, we wanted it to be relentless and addictive. It’s about loving someone so much you kinda hate it, which is relentless and addictive.”
‘Hot Shock’, due 7th March, follows two EPs released in 2023, which saw the band play over 150 live shows including appearances at Reading & Leeds, Mad Cool, All Points East, and Download.
Their dates in full read:
MARCH
3 Music’s Not Dead, De La Warr Pavilion – Instore
4 Slice of Vinyl, Gosport – Instore
7 Resident Brighton – Instore
8 Rough Trade Nottingham (Midday) – Instore
8 Rough Trade Liverpool (Evening) – Instore
9 Rough Trade Bristol – Instore
10 Vinyl Whistle Leeds – Instore
11 Rough Trade East – Instore
12 Vinilo Southampton – Instore
13 Truck Oxford – Instore
20 Trix (Bar), Antwerp
22 EKKO, Utrecht
24 MTC, Cologne
25 Urban Spree (Rough Trade), Berlin
26 Hafenklang, Hamburg
28 Where Else?, Margate
30 Forum, Tunbridge Wells
31 Face Bar, Reading
APRIL
1 Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
3 Polar Bear, Hull
4 Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow (Random Rules)
5 Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh (Random Rules)
6 The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-On-Tees
7 Kanteena, Lancaster
9 DeadWax, Birmingham
10 Bunkhouse, Swansea
11 Burdall’s Yard, Bath
MAY
31 Temple Newsam Park, Leeds, Kaiser Chiefs + Cribs All Dayer
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