Augustines prepare new single ‘Are We Alive?’ for release in April

Augustines will release their new single ‘Are We Alive?‘ on April 1st.

The band plays European dates in support of Noel Gallagher soon, and have also arranged headline shows at the Electric Ballroom in London on April 19th and the Manchester Academy a day later.

This track is the first taste of new material from the band since 2014’s self-titled LP – one of Live4ever’s top picks of that year.

“Opener and single ‘Cruel City’ imposes an immediate statement of intent as an impoverished cry to an ever changing city, filled with past love, to not turn its back on the protagonist, evoking a sympathising connection with the listener in the guttural howls of, ‘Come on now cruel city, with mourning eyes, come on now cruel city, don’t turn away’, before building into a rousing Arcade Fire style choral shouts,” our ‘Augustines’ review reads.

“A textbook beer drenched rock anthem from The Gaslight Anthem or Bruce Springsteen canon is the template channelled on ‘Nothing To Lose But Your Head’, desperate shouts of ‘Hey!’ filter through a tale of heightened melodrama.”