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Glitterhouse Records is very excited to release the new album by Tom Allan & The Strangest on August 26. 'TAATS' is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 'Little Did They Know' (2020) and shows the band on a new path.

'TAATS' was written during the pandemic over a period of almost two years. The band composed a total of 25 songs, 13 of which made it onto the album. The new album of the German-British-Mexican band was produced at Maarweg2 studio in Cologne, where bands like Mando Diao or Jupiter Jones have already recorded. Within 17 days and nights, Tom Allan & The Strangest recorded the full album, which skilfully bridges the gap between Manic Street Preachers, Libertines, IDLES and Fontaines D.C..

"We went much further out on a limb musically than usual with this album. Allowed other influences to come in, totally delved in and let loose, sort of created an album out of the indie hooklines of the past that still clearly shows our background but is more mature and above all honest" says Tom Allan about TAATS. "It was good to use the concert-free time to let the songs mature and take the time to work on them. There was a lot of experimentation with new sounds and we had a lot of fun not trying to find a single sound for the album, but letting each song stand on its own."

Lyrically, the trio has also evolved, with the album opener Unimpressed & Unaroused dealing with the process of growing old together as a band: "am I wise enough to know / when it's time for me to go and leave the field". Likewise in the second single 17 Days: "coming back for sequels / is this our line? / is this what we're supposed to do? / not more to offer / than who we are / and hoping there's no pleasing you".

For the video shoot of Unimpressed & Unaroused, Tom Allan and Evan Beltran flew to Wales in May 2022: "In Wales, everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. It only rained (what did we expect?!). We were therefore un.......
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