The Setlist & The Script

Release Date: 20/11/2024

From the first note, Animals announces itself as a bold and breathless leap into the heart of The Slow Readers Club’s sonic universe. With their signature mix of brooding intensity and stadium-ready euphoria, this new single showcases a band at the height of their creative powers.

The track opens with a pulse-quickening riff, setting a frenetic pace that’s impossible to ignore. Aaron Starkie’s vocals cut through with a blend of urgency and vulnerability, delivering lyrics that explore the electrifying highs and aching lows of infatuation. There’s an undercurrent of nostalgia here, but it’s infused with a fresh energy that feels tailor-made for both headphones and heaving live audiences.

Lyrically, Animals celebrates love in its most unfiltered, primal form. Lines like “come join me for communion, come join me dancing in the dark” blur the boundaries between passion and escape, creating an almost spiritual plea for connection. The track balances its dramatic peaks with more introspective moments, creating an emotional push and pull that leaves you breathless by the time it concludes.

For a band already known for their anthemic sound, Animals feels like a natural evolution—bigger, bolder, and with even more heart. As a standalone single, it’s a triumph, but as a teaser for their upcoming album Out Of A Dream, it raises expectations sky-high. If this is what Slow Readers Club can do in under four minutes, their live shows this winter promise to be nothing short of transcendental.

Slow Readers Club’s forthcoming UK & Ireland dates, confirmed as follows:  

• Fri 22 Nov 2024 – Belfast, Limelight 2 

• Sat 23 Nov 2024 – Dublin, Academy 

• Thu 28 Nov 2024 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms – SOLD OUT 

• Fri 29 Nov 2024 – Bristol, Thekla – SOLD OUT 

• Sat 30 Nov 2024 – London, Village Underground – SOLD OUT 

• Thu 5 Dec 2024 – Manchester, O2 Ritz – SOLD OUT 

• Fri 6 Dec 2024 – Glasgow, Stereo – SOLD OUT 

• Sat 7 Dec 2024 – Leeds, Project House 

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