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SUMMARY:The Tubs
LOCATION:Songbyrd
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 9th\n\nThe Tubs w/ Slippers\n\n\\*\\*\\*\n\nUpo
 n arriving in the United States for The Tubs’ first tour of the country
 \, frontman Owen Williams told The New Yorker\, “We’re here to unite t
 he country. We’re gonna come\, like\, three times. By that point\, I thi
 nk this place will start healing.” Then\, joyously\, they did just that
 \, piling into a van and criss-crossing the States\, bringing their litera
 ry\, bleary-eyed\, world-weary\, night-of-your-life highwire act to the ma
 sses when it was needed most. Along the way\, they signed to Merge Records
 \, who will release The Tubs’ third full-length album\, Hard Life\, on S
 eptember 11\, 2026.\n\nThe Tubs have never lacked for ambition — on Hard
  Life\, theirs is to complicate the Tub-ullar experience. Having perfected
  their sound across two albums and hundreds of shows\, the London-based Ce
 ltic jangle boyband — Williams (vocals\, guitar\, keyboards\, bass)\, Da
 n Lucas (guitar)\, Taylor Stewart (drums)\, and Max Warren (bass) — push
  themselves even further into the shimmering heart of virtuosic indie rock
 . They’re joined by frequent collaborators Lan McArdle (vocals)\, George
  Nicholls (guitar)\, and Rachel Kenedy (keyboards)\, all of whom have orbi
 ted various Tubs and Gob Nation-adjacent efforts dating back to Joanna Gru
 esome\, but the secret to Hard Life’s lushness is the addition of fiddle
  player Chris Haigh\, an instructor and session musician who left an indel
 ible mark on British pop on Steps’ “5\, 6\, 7\, 8.”\n\nMirroring Wil
 liams' use of trilling on vocal melodies\, Haigh’s fiddle shades the voc
 alist's rueful croon like a bruise. On “Stoop to Me\,” the folkiest\, 
 jangliest pop song on the album\, Haigh’s licks complement Williams at h
 is most self-deprecating\, the lopsided smile of a guy trying not to let o
 n how wounded he is in unrequited love. On album opener and title track 
 “Hard Life\,” it’s the sweetness of the ascending fiddle lines in th
 e mix that weds the harshness of Williams’ lyrics to The Tubs’ fist-pu
 mping anthemics.\n\n\\*\\*\\*\n\nSlippers mastermind Madeline BB’s new r
 ecord is a masterpiece. Like if you painted the beatles with a rattle can 
 and wax pencil. Powerhouse of pop\, this Karen Carpenter incarnate is fres
 h off Slippers last record entitled “Do You Like Slippers?” More aptly
  it should have been “Do You Like Pop Music?” Because if the answer is
  no to either then what are we even doing here? If you aren't humming this
  after two listens are you even alive? Dancing in the Street. 11 songs. 33
 RPM\n\nIn addition to being a longtime drummer who also performs in Le Pai
 n and has previously played in Yucky Duster\, BB’s other passion is anim
 ation\, and the start of Slippers coincides with her time studying that tr
 ade in grad school at California Institute of the Arts.\n\nThe band began 
 in earnest in BB’s current home of Los Angeles but her love of animation
  and music go back to her childhood in Atlanta\, Georgia.\n\nBoletos: http
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