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Too Cold To Hold is released on Friday 15th November 2024 via Strap Originals, the band’s first for the label, and it features several guests including Irvine Welsh, Lianne La Havas, Confidence Man’s Janet Planet, Jeshi and CouCou Chloe.

Comprised of Clams Baker Jr., Benjamin Romans Hopcraft, Adam J. Harmer, Marley Mackey, Quinn Whalley, and Bleu Ottis Wright, Too Cold To Hold is undoubtedly their best and most ambitious album to date. Taking on board the repetitive and polyrhythmic grooves of gqom (an alluring South African take on house music), adding in a dash of hip hop flavours and even jazz, and then harnessing that to their punk-funk, disco pogo, it’s a spellbinding mix.

The tracklisting of the album, produced by the band’s Ben Romans Hopcraft alongside Jamie Neville is as follows:

1. An Introduction by Irvine Welsh
2. Fashion Week
3. Pure At The Heart
4. Top Shelf
5. Body Shock
6. Cleopatras
7. Immaculate Deception
8. Out Of Body
9. Staying Alive
10. Too Cold To Hold
11. Weeds In The Garden