Walt Disco have announced that their debut album ‘Unlearning’ will be released on 1st April. Pre-save/pre-order the record here.
Glasgow’s Walt Disco have announced that their upcoming debut album UNLEARNING will be released via Lucky Number on April 1st. The breath-taking debut is steeped in metamorphoses, a stage show in two acts. It covers flings and romances, identities and bodies and change, profound familial love, and – of course – Hollywood glamour. The album plays out like a musical, with an emotional arc and even an instrumental interlude, fittingly titled ‘The Costume Change’. Pre-order/pre-save here.
The band have released their brand-new single ‘How Cool Are You?’ that shimmers – a stomping live anthem and fan favourite after the band’s run of sold-out UK dates last autumn – the track prances and parades its way through three minutes of glaring pop pomposity. For the video, the band joined up once again with Eric J Liddle and Kasparas Vidunas of Humble Film Productions. The band shares, “This time we wanted to slip into our skates and paint the rink all the colours of the rainbow, flying in the face of the pouting ‘cool crew’ and showing that coolness shouldn’t come at the cost of having fun and accepting yourself!”
The new track is the fourth to be taken from the upcoming debut album, following the thundering and highly emotive singles Macilent, ‘Weightless’ and ‘Selfish Lover’ released in 2021.
While the themes of the album are universally relatable, Walt Disco’s gift is in the unique experience of discovery and heartbreak between queer people – something that frontperson James explores in depth on songs such as ‘Weightless’, ‘Be An Actor’ and ‘Hold Yourself As High As Her’.
Tour Dates:
Mar 30th 2022 – Glasgow, UK @ St Luke’s
Mar 31st 2022 – Belfast, UK @ Voodoo
Apr 1st 2022 Dublin, Ireland @ The Soundhouse
Apr 2nd 2022 – Liverpool, UK @ Jimmy’s
Apr 4th 2022 – Sheffield, UK @ Yellow Arch Studios
Apr 5th 2022 – Hull, UK @ Tower Ballroom
Apr 6th 2022 – Newcastle UK @ The Cluny
Apr 8th 2022 – York, UK @ The Crescent
Apr 9th 2022 – Leeds, UK @ Hyde Park Book Club
Apr 11th 2022 – Nottingham, UK @ The Bodega Social Club
Apr 12th 2022 – Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux’s
Apr 13th 2022 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
Apr 17th 2022 – Manchester, UK @ YES
Apr 18th 2022 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol
Apr 20th 2022 – London, UK @ Scala
Apr 21st 2022 – Antwerp, Belgium @ TRIX
Apr 22nd 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
Apr 24th 2022 – Cologne, Germany @ MTC
Apr 26th 2022 – Hamburg, Germany @ Headcrash
Apr 27th 2022 – Berlin, Germany @ Cassiopeia
Apr 28th 2022 – Munich, Germany @ Orangehouse
Apr 30th 2022 Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
Mar 31st 2022 – Belfast, UK @ Voodoo
Apr 1st 2022 Dublin, Ireland @ The Soundhouse
Apr 2nd 2022 – Liverpool, UK @ Jimmy’s
Apr 4th 2022 – Sheffield, UK @ Yellow Arch Studios
Apr 5th 2022 – Hull, UK @ Tower Ballroom
Apr 6th 2022 – Newcastle UK @ The Cluny
Apr 8th 2022 – York, UK @ The Crescent
Apr 9th 2022 – Leeds, UK @ Hyde Park Book Club
Apr 11th 2022 – Nottingham, UK @ The Bodega Social Club
Apr 12th 2022 – Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux’s
Apr 13th 2022 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
Apr 17th 2022 – Manchester, UK @ YES
Apr 18th 2022 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol
Apr 20th 2022 – London, UK @ Scala
Apr 21st 2022 – Antwerp, Belgium @ TRIX
Apr 22nd 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
Apr 24th 2022 – Cologne, Germany @ MTC
Apr 26th 2022 – Hamburg, Germany @ Headcrash
Apr 27th 2022 – Berlin, Germany @ Cassiopeia
Apr 28th 2022 – Munich, Germany @ Orangehouse
Apr 30th 2022 Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
Tickets available here.
