Release Date: 29/05/26
The new album by prolific Welsh trio The Bug Club is a tight, anxious, and catchy garage-punk album tailor-made for fans of The Minutemen, Pink Flag-era Wire, Neu!, and quality, fun punk rock. Vocal supporters include NME, KEXP and famed BBC DJ Marc Riley. Hometown: Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales. Description: The Bug Club are back with a new album—Every Single Muscle—the band’s fifth LP overall and their third for Sub Pop. Since Very Human Features (June 2025), the BBC 6 Music and KEXP favorites have toured relentlessly before returning to write and record. The record barrels out with sub-two-minute punk blasts like “Miss Wales 2012,” packing wall-to-wall riffs, hooks, and the signature Sam/Tilly guitar interplay. Lyrically, it zooms in on the human body and condition with surreal detachment and ennui-laden humor, culminating with the admission of being “bored of being human.” Efficient maximalism and razor-sharp garage-punk energy define the set. Tracklisting: 1. Miss Wales 2012 2. A Good Day for Dying 3. Make It Count 4. Cut to Black 5. Full Range of Motion 6. Pretty as a Magazine 7. Look Like Me 8. How Can We Be Friends 9. Every Single Muscle 10. Shiny and Wet 11. Semi-Automatic 12. In My Short Life 13. Watching the Omnibus 14. It's Our Manager David 15. Yours (If You Want Me) 16. All My Clothes Fell Off 17. Third Best Friend 18. My Uncle Warren Drives a Passat
The new album by prolific Welsh trio The Bug Club is a tight, anxious, and catchy garage-punk album tailor-made for fans of The Minutemen, Pink Flag-era Wire, Neu!, and quality, fun punk rock. Vocal supporters include NME, KEXP and famed BBC DJ Marc Riley. Hometown: Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales. Description: The Bug Club are back with a new album—Every Single Muscle—the band’s fifth LP overall and their third for Sub Pop. Since Very Human Features (June 2025), the BBC 6 Music and KEXP favorites have toured relentlessly before returning to write and record. The record barrels out with sub-two-minute punk blasts like “Miss Wales 2012,” packing wall-to-wall riffs, hooks, and the signature Sam/Tilly guitar interplay. Lyrically, it zooms in on the human body and condition with surreal detachment and ennui-laden humor, culminating with the admission of being “bored of being human.” Efficient maximalism and razor-sharp garage-punk energy define the set. Tracklisting: 1. Miss Wales 2012 2. A Good Day for Dying 3. Make It Count 4. Cut to Black 5. Full Range of Motion 6. Pretty as a Magazine 7. Look Like Me 8. How Can We Be Friends 9. Every Single Muscle 10. Shiny and Wet 11. Semi-Automatic 12. In My Short Life 13. Watching the Omnibus 14. It's Our Manager David 15. Yours (If You Want Me) 16. All My Clothes Fell Off 17. Third Best Friend 18. My Uncle Warren Drives a Passat