DEADLETTER Releases Debut Album "Hysterical Strength"

UK Instore Performances Begin Today, Followed by UK/EU Headline Tour

Photo Credit: Daniel Delikatnyi

DEADLETTER has released their debut album, "Hysterical Strength," via SO Recordings.

The album, produced by the renowned British producer Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele), features a fusion of post-punk, noise rock, and saxophone skronk, creating an unholy brew of exploratory art-punk that captures both fury and beauty.

Praise for DEADLETTER

• Dork ★★★★: "It’s a high-octane, full-throttle whirlwind of a debut album that commands your attention from start to finish."
• Louder Than War ★★★★: "This needs hearing, the band needs to be seen live, applauding and appreciating… what a band."
• NME ★★★★: "‘Hysterical Strength’ is dark and foreboding and it’s irresistible and fun."
• Scottish Daily Express ★★★★: "A much anticipated debut bristling with fury and angst."
• Clash: "The band are an astonishing live force, melting together post-punk, noise rock, and saxophone skronk into an unholy brew."
• DIY: "Impeccably recorded and formulated with pin-sharp precision."
• The New Cue: "Grumbling, bovver-booted post-punk."
• Notion: "Sizzling riffs and sharp saxophone leads entwine to create a restless vibe, setting you off-kilter as we’re taken through voids of self-deception and denial."
• So Young: "A bold statement of a record if ever there was one."
• Wonderland: "A quite brilliant debut album."

UK Instore Performances

DEADLETTER is set to begin their UK instore performances today, with dates in Brighton, Liverpool, Bristol, Edinburgh, and London.

UK Instore Tour Dates:

• 13 Sept - Resident, Brighton, UK
• 15 Sept - Rough Trade, Liverpool, UK
• 18 Sept - Rough Trade, Bristol, UK
• 19 Sept - Assai, Edinburgh, UK
• 21 Sept - Rough Trade East, London, UK

More About "Hysterical Strength"

The album "Hysterical Strength" welds elastic basslines, scratchy and discordant guitars, and rasping saxophones to create a sound that is both punishing and beautiful. The album's twelve tracks feature motorik rhythms, angular guitars, and smoky saxophone, with baritone-belted lyrics exploring themes of modern life's contradictions.

Frontman Zac Lawrence explains, “It's punishing but there's also fucking beauty out there. Being able to take something disgusting or disgraceful and make it sound nice through the power of music, that juxtaposition appeals to me.”

UK/EU Headline Tour

Following the instore performances, DEADLETTER will embark on a headline tour across the UK and Europe through October and November.

DEADLETTER has gained support from notable publications such as BBC Radio 1, Clash, DIY, Dork, Kerrang!, Metro, NME, So Young, and The Times. They have sold out shows across the UK and Europe and are set to begin their biggest headline run to date in October 2024.