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NOTHING BUT THIEVES
release new single
‘REAL LOVE SONG’

Announce new album
‘MORAL PANIC‘
set for release October 23
PRE-ORDER NOW

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UK five-piece Nothing But Thieves have today released a brand new single entitled ‘Real Love Song’ via RCA Records and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The new release premiered exclusively as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record in the world on BBC Radio 1 and directly follows the band’s recent smash single ‘Is Everybody Going Crazy?’.

Remaining on the Radio 1 Playlist for 8 weeks as one of the band’s longest running tracks on the playlist and peaking locally at #3 most played on triple j, ‘Is Everybody Going Crazy?’ is the band’s biggest airplay hit to date. ‘Is Everybody Going Crazy?’ has already achieved 10 million streams worldwide – noting Sydney as the band’s second biggest streaming market on Spotify – welcoming the exciting return of Nothing But Thieves. A gritty dark indie-rock song, lyrically it discusses a fractured, barely recognisable civilisation and desire for escapism, which proved curiously relevant to the world right now.

‘Real Love Song’ and ‘Is Everybody Going Crazy?’ is the band’s first new music since their 2018 EP WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU MADE ME THIS WAY and 2017 acclaimed album BROKEN MACHINE, which charted at #2 on the UK Album Chart and debuted locally at #12 on the ARIA Album Chart.  To accompany the new single, Nothing But Thieves have today announced the release of their third album MORAL PANIC, set for release on October 23 with the pre-order now live.

Produced by Mike Crossey (The 1975, Arctic Monkeys and Wolf Alice), ‘Real Love Song’ has a self-explanatory title; it is a real love song, which strips the romantic idealistic nature of love away and lays open the unrequited or painful reality experienced by many – “I’ve got a thing about you and it won’t go away”. Richly anthemic and wildly grandiose, it builds triumphantly with a hymn-like euphoric melody alongside singer Conor’s poignant almost operatic vocals. The band say; “An interviewer in Kuala Lumpur asked us why we don’t have a huge amount of songs about relationships or love. We hadn’t really thought about it before. The answer was that songs like that have been done to death and they rarely capture what love is actually like for most. Songs tend to be idealistic or Hollywood. ‘Real Love Song’ was an attempt to write a song about love from a self-aware perspective. It’s about the darker side of love – the painful, unrequited kind. Its love lost or love never gained. Thank you to that interviewer from Malaysia – without you, this song would never exist.”

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The past few years have been quite a ride for Nothing But Thieves. Amassing over 700,000 album sales and 750 million streams thus far, the band have built a loyal and wide following for their impactful balance of alt rock sounds and pop sensibilities, cementing themselves as one of the best current bands in the world. Having sold 150,000 tickets on their last album campaign – which included their biggest UK headline tour to date and a sold-out show at London’s Alexandra Palace, and selling out their entire worldwide Broken Machine headline tour, their success has been global.  The band have performed on US television shows such as James Corden and Jimmy Kimmel , after their debut became the bestselling debut from a UK rock band in the US in 2015 and have since played packed out international shows and festivals.

In Australia Nothing But Thieves continue to prove that they’re a favourite live act down under, consistently performing to sold-out shows on each Australian tour. On the band’s last visit in 2019, Nothing But Thieves announced a surprise show at The Manning Bar which sold out in less than 48 hours; an absolutely incredible feat. Their 2018 monster triple j Like A Version of Gang Of Youths’ ‘What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out’ received instant acclaim from listeners and media alike. The coveted version peaked at #72 in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2018, whilst previous single ‘Amsterdam’ landed at #70 the preceding year.

Channelling their live repertoire through their YouTube account during lockdown, Nothing But Thieves have performed their own songs in their captivating Solitude Sessions and through Conor’s stripped back Sun Sessions. Last week they released a collaboration with fans of their single ‘Sorry’, which saw 150 videos of fans singing and performing the song on various instruments alongside the band.

Nothing But Thieves are Conor Mason (vocals, guitars), Joe Langridge-Brown (guitars), Dominic Craik (guitars, keyboard), Philip Blake (bass guitar) and James Price (drums).

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