Bob Vylan have released “He’s a Man” as a single, along with a music video. The track is taken from the duo’s upcoming album, Humble as the Sun, due out April 05th. They also head out on the Viva La Vylan tour in the UK and Eire late this year. Find dates, album information, and catch the new video below.
Pre-order Humble as the Sun here.
“This album is for the underdogs, the ones who come out swinging and those who refuse to be defeated in the face of injustice, and aims to remind listeners that anger is a fire that can be harnessed and put to use. The album creation started from a conversation with the sun, which is, after all, a big ball of fire that sustains life. From masculinity to myths about the G Spot, the themes and topics explored on Humble as the Sun make for an often humorously empowering celebration of the peoples ability to endure, overcome and bring about change.” says Bob Vylan
Following on from the MOBO award-winning and chart-topping album, Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life, the message woven throughout Humble as the Sun remains dark in places but is high-energy, defiant and unapologetic in its critique of a broken social and political system that so many have fallen victim to, but feel powerless against.
The lyricism on this album is even more layered than their previous projects, still darkly humorous, anti-establishment and unforgiving but at times pauses to deliver much-needed words of affirmation to listeners, “You are loved. You are not alone. You are going through hell but keep going.” Bobby (vocals) assures the listener, offering an antidote to the state of the world, aiming to give some power and agency to those who hear it.
Mixing all of the best quintessentially British – and Jamaican – musical elements from punk to drum and bass, grime and rock, Bob Vylan creates a sound that reflects the state of the nation, at once voicing the frustrations that normal people have, while also highlighting one’s ability to persevere, overcome hardship and to change.
Humble As The Sun tracklisting:
01 Humble As The Sun
02 Reign
03 GYAG (Get Yourself A Gun)
04 Dream Big
05 Hunger Games
06 Right Here
07 Makes Me Violent
08 He’s A Man
09 Ring The Alarm
10 Still Here
The pair will be heading out on their biggest headline tour to date across the UK and Ireland.
It will see them take in 13 cities across the UK and Ireland with friends Kid Bookie, Panic Shack and Meryl Streek at select dates. Preceding that run, they will be headlining shows in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
For Bob Vylan, their live shows are all about community and is the place they can best express that. With each show starting with mediation, and ends with a group hug. But what’s between the meditative start and embracing end is a message delivered in a way that both Bobby and Bobbie (drums) feel has been missing.
Viva La Vylan UK tour 2023
Plus Special guests Kid Bookie + Panic Shack + Meryl Streek (Ireland only)
November 08th 2023 – Limelight 2, Belfast
November 09th 2023 – Whelan’s, Dublin
November 12th 2023 – Junction 1, Cambridge
November 13th 2023 – Stylus, Leeds
November 14th 2023 – Garage, Glasgow
November 16th 2023 – Boiler Shop, Newcastle
November 17th 2023 – O2 Ritz, Manchester
November 18th 2023 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
November 20th 2023 – Rock City, Newcastle
November 21st 2023 – SWX, Bristol
November 22nd 2023 – Engine Rooms, Southampton
November 24th 2023 – Chalk, Brighton
November 25th 2023 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
Tickets here.
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With just one vocalist (Bobby) and one drummer (Bobbie) they have created a unique and ever evolving sound, one that crosses styles and genres, doing away with the traditional and embracing new and uncharted sonic dimensions. They incorporate these styles within their music in an attempt to bridge and blend genres and subcultures together. It is this very unique style and sound that has found them embraced by rock, rap, punk, dance and alternative crowds alike.
Their independent nature has seen them start their own record label (Ghost Theatre), to release their music free from the restraints of major label politics. This route saw the band reach number 18 on the UK album charts, 4 in the physical charts and number 3 on the independent charts, with their 2022 album Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life. The first time in history that an album entirely self-produced, recorded, mixed and released on a band’s own label has reached the top 20.
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