Humour Announce Debut Album ‘Learning Greek’

Glasgow’s Humour have shared news of their much-anticipated debut album Learning Greek, landing on 8th August on tastemaker label So Young Records. The 11 songs of Learning Greek combine lithe riffs, throat-stripping intensity and a crushing take on the fabled loud/quiet dynamic, with the record following two critically-acclaimed EPs from the band – 2022’s Pure Misery and 2023’s A Small Crowd Gathered To Watch Me. With last year largely set aside to write new material, the band returned last month with Neighbours, a heavy, decisively robust comeback from the five-piece and one that saw Humour added to the BBC 6 Music playlist for the first time.

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Humour (Megan Di Pinto)

The band also share a further new single in Plagiarist, premiered last night by Steve Lamacq on his 6 Music show. Drawing further upon their post-hardcore influences, the song sways from off-kilter to jaggedly melodic, hitting a bittersweet spot between discordant and direct.

Vocalist Andreas Christoloudis had the following to say about its themes: “Plagiarist is about being a lyricist and having run out of ideas and inspiration. In the song, the character is under pressure to put words to music written by the band, and realises that he can’t even steal lines from his favourite books because he has already used them all. He fears being discovered as a fraud and being punished for it with death.”

Produced by Idlewild’s Rod Jones at his Post Electric studio in Edinburgh, Learning Greek will be available on CD, standard LP, a Dinked edition LP with exclusive colour and sleeve design, and a Rough Trade exclusive edition LP paired to a zine with lyrics and illustrations from Andreas. Pre-order HERE

Alongside the album and single news, and with live dates across the Spring and Summer, the band have announced their most extensive UK headline tour yet for November in support of the record. Tickets will go on sale at 10am this Thursday, 1st May.

Upcoming live dates:

MAY
25th – A Stone’s Throw Festival, Newcastle
27th – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
28th – The Ferret, Preston
29th – Elephant’s Head, London
31st – Supersonic Block Party, Paris

JULY
9th-11th – 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham

AUGUST
2nd – Multitude Festival, Milton Keynes

NOVEMBER
20th – Oporto, Leeds
22nd – Yes (Basement), Manchester
23rd – Bodega, Nottingham
25th – Dead Wax, Birmingham
27th – The Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes
28th – The Lexington, London
29th – Bear Cave, Bournemouth
30th – Cavern Club, Exeter

DECEMBER
2nd – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
3rd – Exchange, Bristol
4th – District, Liverpool
5th – Zerox, Newcastle
6th – King Tut’s, Glasgow

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