People I know who have wives or partners from the EU, they have said almost exactly the same thing to me - and I don't know where it's going to end. I sort of thought, post-Covid, that things might actually get better. But it's actually gone the other way. There's a tension there where it's almost like people think these could be the 'end days' and so they're all fighting for their own little patch. It's disgusting. days ago LIES!: Dutch metallic hardcore gang drops video for “Propaganda” (ft. Hugo Zerrad – Worst Doubt) via Invisible Oranges; 2nd album comes early December The band's 16th studio album, Hard Cold Fire, was released on 5 May 2023. [36] The album was recorded in November 2021 at Marshall Studios with producer Chris Sheldon. Due to touring commitments in 2022 related to the delayed 30th anniversary tour, the album had been shelved for 18 months. The album was released across three formats, including CD, cassette and six colour vinyl variants.

Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009 . Retrieved 27 June 2016. Beebee, Steve (2 May 2023). "Album review: Therapy? – Hard Cold Fire". Kerrang! . Retrieved 4 May 2023. In fact ‘Hard Cold Fire’ is the band’s 16 th album given them an average output of an album just over every two years. Over such a sustained period this is a remarkable achievement, particularly over the past decade during which most acts of a similar ilk would have long slowed down.

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For long-time fans, this new offering will reward an attentive ear in terms of musical flourishes and Cairns’trademark lyrical substance, but as a finished product, the band has set out to create something that stands alone, and ‘Hard Cold Fire’achieves just that. days ago Two Door Cinema Club have announced a massive concert for summer 2024 with a show at Custom House Square, Belfast on Thursday 15th August 2024.

In February 2023, supergroup JAAW (featuring Cairns on vocals) announced their debut album called Supercluster to be released on 26 May 2023 on Svart Records [37] Question mark suffix [ edit ] As Therapy?’sfourth decade finally gets underway in earnest, sixteenth album ‘ Hard Cold Fire’,written and pre-produced during an unprecedented time for music, is hefty, compact, and accessible, a distillation of everything that has made them what they are – hewn from County Antrim basalt, still possessed of their stoicism, but casting a renewed focus on catharsis and healing. PIXELSURGEON | Interviews | Music | Therapy?". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009 . Retrieved 16 January 2010.Brannigan, Paul (11 March 2023). "Therapy? share new single Joy, announce Hard Cold Fire album, May in-store gigs". Louder . Retrieved 4 May 2023. Were Ozzy & Therapy? really in the studio together for "Iron Man"? on Wall of Mouths". Teethgrinder.com . Retrieved 27 June 2016. The Gemil Box Therapy Question Mark". Archived from the original on 28 October 2013 . Retrieved 16 November 2013.

Enduring over three decades as the musical, cultural and social landscapes have shifted around them, the trio have forged and retained a powerful and lasting connection with a dedicated fan base around the world, doing so by putting their emphasis on the music, solidifying a hard-won reputation as forward-thinking writers and a fierce live proposition in the process. Few are going to pretend that Hard Cold Fire is the veteran trio’s best album – that accolade quite obviously belongs to 1994’s breakout classic Troublegum. But the band’s most important album since then? You bet.When we began to rehearse the songs, we realised there was an empathetic quality to them. We wanted to make something that was a bit more relatable, and less standoffish and claustrophobic - which we have a history of, and it stands in places - but we wanted to make something more approachable and open." I was expecting a nightmare - they've all been great, Universal have been very, very proactive, and they've got the band involved at every point with reissues. Demolition Records were fantastic, they had us up for a day in the Newcastle studio which we used to record in, they can never do enough for us - I think there might be a breakthrough in the coming months with Southern for reissues of [early EPs] Babyteeth and Pleasure Death.” Deluxe Edition releases of both Troublegum and Infernal Love were released by Universal Music on 31 March 2014. [24] The band promoted these releases with a series of retro video and audio uploads to their official YouTube channel, proceeding a short UK tour in early April. A compilation of singles from 1992 to 1998 followed on 14 April 2014 via Spectrum Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music, titled Stories: The Singles Collection. The fabulously named Poundland Of Hope And Glory is Therapy? at their most instant, caffeine bomb addictive – it sneers at you with head-snapping tuneage. Right after it, Ugly combines frontman Andy Cairns’ almost uncomfortably self-effacing lyrics - ' I punch myself in the face ’cause I’m unworthy of your love' – with the type of hook delivery that most people love about his anything-but-ugly talent. To Disappear, Woe and Joy are other examples of songs that hit deep and hard, dark feelings explored, challenged and explosively let go. Yes, there’s a few like Bewildered Herd that don’t achieve the musical highs to match Andy’s captivating words, but this sense of propulsion from a band so lived-in as Therapy? is still some achievement. Hard Cold Fire” is out on the 5th of May via Marshall Records and it is a must-have for any Therapy? Fan, the drive and passion are still there after thirty-odd years.

The band's first album, July 1991's Babyteeth, and its January 1992 follow-up, Pleasure Death, were successful enough to earn the band a major label deal with A&M Records. Both albums were underground successes, hitting number 1 in the UK Indie Charts. The attention led to support slots with both Babes in Toyland and Hole on their respective UK tours. A compilation of the two albums titled Caucasian Psychosis was prepared for the North American market, [4] and the band embarked on their first U.S. tour in October 1992. On 21 July 2017, the band announced a double live acoustic album, Communion: Live at the Union Chapel, for release on 21 August 2017. [29] The album was recorded in London on 1 December 2016 during the "Wood & Wire" European tour. Resilience and survival have become vital watchwords for Therapy?.Enduring over three decades as the musical, cultural and social landscapes have shifted around them, the trio have forged and retained a powerful and lasting connection with a dedicated fan base around the world, doing so by putting their emphasis on the music, solidifying a hard-won reputation as forward-thinking writers and a fierce live proposition in the process. On 15 January 2018 the band began recording their 15th studio album at Blast Recording in Newcastle with Chris Sheldon producing. Recording was completed on 6 February 2018. [30] In March, the band completed a 22-date UK and Ireland tour supporting The Stranglers. Much has been made over the years of the unusual question mark suffix to the band's name. In early interviews the band said that the name was "really deep" and intended to raise the question "do you need therapy?", but in a 1992 interview guitarist Andy Cairns admitted that it was a chance design when he was working on the band's first record sleeve. Working with Letraset transfers, Cairns misaligned the band's name, and used the "?" icon to fill the space to the right. "And then we thought, well maybe we can bluff our way through when people start reading into it." [38] Collaborations and other appearances [ edit ]

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This time, a lot of the 'ire' is coming from having lived in England for the past 20 years and noticing that recently, post-Brexit, it has started to resemble the way it used to be when I grew up in the 70s in the north of Ireland. There's a similar kind of sense of hatred and division. UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". Everyhit.com. 16 March 2000. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007 . Retrieved 27 June 2016.