DJ set downstairs at The Bodega (18+ only) / 10pm-12am / Free Entry before 11pm
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After kick starting 2025 collaborating with Royal Blood on ‘My Blood’, The Amazons are maintaining momentum by unleashing their brand new single ‘Love is a Dog From Hell’. The high-octane track is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming album 21st Century Fiction, which comes May 9th.
Produced by Catherine Marks (boygenius, Foals, Wolf Alice) at Real World Studios ‘Love is a Dog From Hell’ is a relentlessly energetic track with a Southern edge. The country flair seeps through to the twangy riffs and driving rhythm while still delivering their signature bold sound and intensity. The lyrics are reflective of tumultuous relationships, injecting raw emotion into the intoxicatingly chaotic sound.
“It’s rare for us to be able to pinpoint an exact time and place that inspired a song but, this time it’s easy. Skylight Books, Los Angeles. That’s where Dolly Parton’s ‘Mule Skinner Blues’ first floated in through my ear canals and burrowed into my brain, to live happily forever.” lead singer Matt Thomson said of the track. “‘Love is a Dog From Hell’ is a song of temptation, self-sabotage and how fun the ride can be just moments before it hurdles over a cliff edge.”
The band’s fourth studio album, 21st Century Fiction is the sound of “a man in his late 20s, struggling with unrealistic ideals of masculinity and a sense of unfulfilled promise”, surrounded by “a world plagued by chaos.”
These were songs that Thomson needed to write, not just to lift himself from the doldrums, but for a generation of young males with the same struggles. 21st Century Fiction signals the emergence of The Amazons’ bold new sound – still loaded with riffs and roaring with aggression, but packed with a whole new level of introspection, energy and grandiose. With three huge Top 10 records and sold out shows across the globe under their belts, The Amazons are facing their futures: fired up and ready to go.
