Have you ever wondered what Alex Turner (he of the Arctic Monkeys) and Alexa Chung (one-time super popular television presenter, model and, now, fashion designer) may have said to one-another when a certain romance blossomed between the two at the height of the 00’s indie-music boom? Well, so have Brand New Friend.

In anticipation of their A Cure For Living EP, released this Valentines Day (14 February 2020) via Xtra Mile Recordings (preorder the digital release here) the Northern Irish alt-rockers are clearly feeling the love already and have released ‘Stop The Days’, a new track that finds the band daydreaming about indie’s once-upon-a-time golden couple.

Listen to ‘Stop The Days’ below and here.

Opening-up about the ‘Stop The Days’, the band say: “Stop The Days’ is an imagined conversation between Alex Turner and Alexa Chung, circa 2007. Do you remember the Valentine’s card he wrote for her that was left in the bar and leaked to the press? ‘My mouth hasn’t shut up about you since you kissed it’. It’s essentially me talking to someone, through millionaire rockstar Alex Turner and highly successful broadcaster/writer/fashion designer Alexa Chung. He tells her that if he could stop the days, he would. In a heartbeat. So they could spend more time together. It’s very simple, it makes me very happy every time we play it.”

A pure rush of endorphins, ‘Stop The Days’ distills everything we’ve ever loved about Brand New Friend into a short, sweet three-minute hit that’s guaranteed to have you head-over-heels. The new track directly follows BBC Radio 1 and Radio X supported ‘Nothing Stays The Same’ and ‘The Letter A’, and will sit alongside them on the band’s highly anticipated new release A Cure For Living.

To commemorate the upcoming release, Brand New Friend will be hitting the road once again, with their first shows of the year taking place at Belfast’s Oh Yeah Music Centre (as part of Independent Venue Week) and a hometown gig at Kelly’s Bar in Portrush on 7 March. The band have also just announced an additional Belfast show on Saturday 14 March, headlining the city’s Voodoo Rooms with support from Cherym and The Florentinas. Standby for new dates to be announced very shortly.

2020 TOUR DATES

March

07 Portrush @ Kelly’s Bar
14 Belfast @ Voodoo Rooms

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