October Drift release new album 'I Don't Belong Anywhere'

They also kick off their UK headline tour this evening, starting with a few intimate instore shows before an extensive headline run in their full set up across the UK. Tickets are selling quickly, with shows in Manchester and Taunton sold out, while their London headline show has been moved to a bigger venue and will now see them play Moth Club on October 28^th. Tickets for the headline tour are on sale now here, and tickets for the instore shows are available with purchases of the album here.

I Don’t Belong Anywhere is a taut, visceral record, and a step forward for the band into an even more powerful sound following their highly acclaimed debut album Forever Whatever in 2020. Far less introspective than their debut, I Don’t Belong Anywhere is October Drift’s totem for bringing us all together again.

The new album is about connection and a record that is truly from the heart, rich with added layers of meaning it finds the band poised to explode with their most thoughtful and exciting record yet.

Latest single ‘Waltzer’ has been proving a huge radio hit, with strong support from Steve Lamacq at BBC 6Music, while it has also been added to the X-Posure Playlist at Radio X. In the US the song has entered at No.20 in the ‘Most Added’ NACC Radio Chart.

The new single out today, ‘Lost Without You’, is set to continue this success with its propulsive rhythms, fuzzy riffs and anthemic harmonies. The track has already been proving a hit live and the band have treated fans to an early taste of the record at their phenomenal live shows which have seen them perform in support of Pearl Jam at Hyde Park among many other major festival appearances this year.

Regarding ‘Lost Without You’ frontman Kiran Roy says, “It's a song about heartbreak and helplessness. Inspired by a long-distance relationship, with my girlfriend living over 400 miles away in Scotland. It’s about missing loved ones and the struggle of being apart.”

I Don’t Belong Anywhere is a record that reflects unity, inspired by the miles the band have travelled together and those they have spent apart. However, what this new record cements at the foremost is a vital band proving they are here to stay.

OCTOBER UK TOUR DATES 2022
14^th – Kingston, Banquet Records*
15^th – Taunton, HMV* (SOLD OUT)
17^th – Nottingham, Rough Trade*
18^th – Bristol, Rough Trade*
19^th – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
20^th – Birmingham, Actress & Bishop
22^nd – Manchester, Deaf Institute (SOLD OUT)
24^th – Newcastle, The Cluny
25^th – Cambridge, The Portland Arms
26^th – Sheffield, Leadmill
28^th – London, Moth Club (new larger venue)
29^th – St Albans, Horn
30^th – Brighton, Komedia
31^st – Exeter, Cavern

*instore shows

I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE TRACK LISTING

1. Airborne Panic Attack
2. Waltzer
3. Insects
4. Lost Without You
5. Bleed
6. Webcam Funerals
7. Parasite
8. Ever After
9. Feels Like I’m Home
10. Old and Distant Memory

ACCLAIM FOR OCTOBER DRIFT
“Deep vocals and booming guitars coalesce, charging up before launching into surprisingly catchy pop-edged choruses.”
Daily Star

“Beautifully channelled '90's indie and alternative rock from Mudhoney’s harshness to Teenage Fanclub’s slacker melodicism.”
Louder

“Bold and brash, tender and understated, and perhaps most importantly vital”
Clash

“… both powerful and vulnerable at the same time”
Kerrang

“A superb band with superb tunes”
Louder Than War