Life are making a welcome return with ‘ABSTRACT/NATURAL’. The Hull band’s fourth album, it started life in a poetry book that frontman Mez had been writing while exploring the great outdoors. These musings on nature, landscapes, love and acceptance found Mez transforming hills, ridges and landmarks into incredible characters in what he playfully described as…
Life have shared ‘Turning In’ ahead of the release of upcoming fourth album ‘ABSTRACT/NATURAL’ via Launchpad+ and EMI North on 19 June, 2026. Showcasing a more restrained and reflective side to the Hull band, the song finds vocalist Mez Sanders-Green sharing his thoughts on fatherhood and how the most surprising comment from a child can…
After four years away, Life have returned with ‘The Dollywaggon’, the first single to be taken from upcoming fourth album ‘ABSTRACT / NATURAL’ (out on 19 June, 2026). Written while frontman Mez Sanders-Green was walking the 193-mile coast-to-coast route (starting in the West Coast, over the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, across the Moors and…
Halifax-based singer-songwriter Ellur has shared ‘Dream of Mine’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘At Home in My Mind’ via Dance to the Radio on 6 February, 2026. A song about ‘feeling selfish for wanting to pursue a career that requires a lot of sacrifices’, it finds Ellur ruminating on the insecurities that come…
Described by the band as ‘Our love letter to the city of Hull’, Life’s third album, appropriately titled ‘North East Coastal Town’, finds Merrick (Mez) Sanders-Green and his bandmates examining how much of an impact and influence – both positive and negative – your surroundings have on you as an individual: ‘Originally, you want to…
Life have shared ‘Big Moon Lake’ ahead of the release of new album ‘North East Coastal Town’ on 10 June. This buzzing three-minute piece acts as a love letter to Yorkshire with reassurances that despite the pain and mundanity of modern life, there’s so much to look forward to. Bursts of pogo-baiting Coxon-esque guitar surround…
Hull punks Life entered the fifth week of a six-week tour by visiting the West End Centre in Aldershot. The run of gigs follows a support slot to Idles and ‘Hollow Thing”s A-listing on BBC 6 Music and the tremendous response to this year’s album ‘Picture of Good Health’. The band prowled on stage with…
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