The best Geordie lads are back! Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (I have to count every time!) are thankfully back with a beautifully heavy number, Detroit.
Detroit, in their words is about, “a ghastly, needy and controlling man.” And the world knows we have plenty of them- especially at the moment! This is Pigsx7 at their loudest, at their utter best. If a new record is coming (let’s be honest, it must be because a tour’s been announced too) and this is the sound they’re going with, then I think we’ve found the record of 2025 already.
To quote the band, “Detroit’ is massive slab of striking noise rock about a hideous man with even worse behaviours. Better we let Matt take it from here: “Detroit reflects on the worst manifestations of male jealousy and resentment, and the ways in which the deliberate avoidance of accountability can lead to deflecting responsibility in exchange for blaming external forces like fate or God for perceived injustice”. And if I couldn’t love this band anymore, all the money the streaming of Detroit generates will be donated to domestic abuse charities prior to the tour. THAT is how you do it.
The new song is heavy and rowdy. You can feel the aggression and the story-telling really makes it, you feel the rage too. You almost feel as pathetic as those types of people who behave this way, and that’s what makes Pigsx7 such a bloody incredible band- they put you in the position of others, even when that position is really unsettling in every way possible. For me, Pigsx7 are a comfort band. I love nothing more than just being on my own, wandering round or at work with their music blasting worryingly loud in my ears. I find the whole sound just makes me feel really safe. I cannot explain why, it just does. I’ve only seen them live once, and I remember being stood at the back but I could see EVERYTHING and even though the room was packed- I felt like it was just me in the room. Easily one of the loudest and best bands around, and the gig was definitely up there as being one of my favourites.
A new tour for 2025 has been announced, and the dates are:
UK – APRIL 2025:
03 – Brighton, UK – CHALK
04 – London, UK – KOKO
05 – Bristol, UK – SWX
07 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
08 – Birmingham, UK – The Castle & Falcon
09 – Birkenhead, UK – Future Yard
11 – Manchester, UK – New Century Hall
12 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
15 – Edinburgh, UK – La Belle Angèle
16 – Glasgow, UK – St Luke’s
EUROPE – MAY 2025:
17 – Paris, FR – La Maroquinerie
22 – Cologne, DE – Gebäude 9
23 – Düdingen, CH – Bad Bonn
24 – Munich, DE – Strom
26 – Leipzig, DE – UT Connewitz
27 – Berlin, DE – Säälchen
28 – Hamburg, DE – Knust
So, if record number 5 really is on the way then I think it’s safe to say it’s going to be nothing short of divine!
Beat In My Bones. 