NewDad have announced details of their second album ‘Altar’ and shared the feisty lead single ‘Roobosh’ – listen below.
The Galway trio, who are now based in London, will release the follow-up to their 2024 debut album ‘Madra’ on September 19. Pre-save/pre-order the record here.
‘Altar’ has been previewed with the combustible lead single ‘Roobosh’, which frontwoman Julie Dawson has said is about “being fed up”, adding: “I wanted to write one song for the album that allowed me to shout, to get out all my frustration.”
“Women get angry and we are expected to contain our rage but on this song I just allowed myself to go there. I wanted a song where I could moan and scream cause we all need to do that every once in a while and honestly it was just a bit of fun, letting myself get angry when I never allow myself to.”
Watch the song’s one-shot video, directed by Peter Eason Daniels and Rory Mullen, here:
NewDad recently announced a UK, Ireland and European tour that will kick off in Norway on October 2 and will includes dates in Manchester, Sheffield, Glasgow, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Brighton, London, Dublin, Cork, Galway and Belfast. Find the full list of dates here and get your UK tickets here and international tickets here.
‘Altar’ was written over the last two years and sees the band tackling their yearning for their hometown, having made the move to London. A press release specifies that it “explores themes of relationships, homesickness, ambition and sacrifice”.
‘Madra’ was named one of NME’s Top 100 Albums of 2024 and received a four-star review, which stated: “There is a point a few songs into the London-via-Galway quartet’s debut album when their past and present meet, with the roiling emotions of young adulthood contained in Julie Dawson’s lyrics cutting through the glistening, propulsive sound the band have fashioned into a protective cocoon since the release of their promising-if-half-formed early EPs.”
Dawson also released her debut solo album ‘Bottom Of The Pool’ last year, which she told NME was “definitely more pop-leaning, but still with all those heavy guitar and bass sounds. There’s a lot more synth sounds going on too. There’s a lot more going on, but still with that classic NewDad sound.”