Guide
The Snuts rarely sit still, and their new single proves it. Out now, “In Motion” kicks off what promises to be their most reflective record yet, “Joy In Short Moments”, due 23 October through Happy Artist Records and Virgin Music Group.
A song that already won over crowds
Anyone who caught the band on their recent European run already knows this song. It became the moment fans waited for each night, the one where the crowd stopped filming and just sang. Sold out dates in Paris, Amsterdam and Cologne, plus a slot at Lollapalooza Berlin last week, gave “In Motion” a live reputation before it even had a proper release.
Back to the big guitar sound
Musically it pulls the Snuts back toward the big, open guitar sound that first got them noticed on the festival circuit. There’s an urgency to it, but underneath the noise sits something quieter: frontman Jack Cochrane thinking through what it actually means to keep moving forward, in a relationship, in a career, in life generally.
Where the title came from
Cochrane has spoken about being inspired by the writer Yung Pueblo, who frames “in motion” as a way of describing how the small choices we make now shape where we end up. That idea clearly stuck with him. He wrote the phrase down long before he knew what to do with it, and it eventually became the thread running through the whole album, a way of making sense of impermanence rather than fearing it.
A more grown up record
He’s also been open about the record marking a shift. After three albums built around momentum and touring, this one turns inward. Parenthood, loss, success and the strange disorientation that can follow all of it fed into these songs. It sounds like a band asking bigger questions while still knowing how to write a chorus that fills a room.
The album and the tour
The eleven track album includes “Youth Ain’t Easy”, “Defibrillator”, “Motherlands” and “Warsaw” among others, and the band head out on a full UK tour this November and December, closing with two nights in Manchester and a show at London’s Brixton Academy.
A run of form that keeps going
Since their debut “W.L.” went straight to Number 1 in 2021, the Snuts have built one of the more consistent runs in British guitar music, with three Top 3 albums in three years and headline tours stretching from Japan to North America. In Motion suggests album four won’t slow that down, even if the subject matter has grown up a little.
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