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Specialist Subject introduces Toodles & the Hectic Pity

Posted by Loren on April 16, 2023

Specialist Subject introduces Toodles & the Hectic Pity
photo by Dory Valentine (Fish Outta Water Media)

Folk-punk group Toodles & the Hectic Pity has shared a new single, "Emotionally Unclean," which will appear on the Bristol, UK based group's debut album, Happiness With Both Hands, out on June 23 via Specialist Subject Records.

“This was probably always envisioned as ‘the hit’ and our attempt to write something quite poppy. It attempts to voice some less-than admirable instincts when you need to create space for your self-development and your own mental health, while also fighting the need for external affirmation from other people. It’s sort of a ‘careful what you wish for’ song. Really, no one’s going to come along and cure you,” the band says of "Emotionally Unclean."

The band features members Callum, Max and Dom, who met at secondary school in Gloucestershire and formed the group in the mid 2010s. They have released three EPs thus far, though the LP is their first release with Specialist Subject.

Live Dates:

19TH MAY Santiago's, LEEDS *
20TH MAY Marrapalooza, NEWCASTLE *
21ST MAY JT Soar, NOTTINGHAM *
06TH JUL 2000 TREES
09TH JUL Just Dropped In, COVENTRY
12TH JUL Firebug, LEICESTER
13TH JUL The Butler, READING
14TH JUL Dulwich Football Club, LONDON
15TH JUL The Pipeline, BRIGHTON
16TH JUL The Hobbit, SOUTHAMPTON

* w/ Live, Do Nothing

Specialist Subject introduces Toodles & the Hectic Pity
photo by Dory Valentine (Fish Outta Water Media)

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