Newcastle-Upon-Tyne band (UK) Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs will make their present felt this December with an appearance at the iconic Meredith Music Festival, as special guests of The Mark Of Cain and for headline shows of their own. These shows will be the band’s first-ever in Australia.
Formed in 2014 and with four albums to their name, Pigs (x7) have been slowing building their brand via those albums but more aggressively via a reputation for intense live shows. A pulsating blend of heavy riffs, swirling psychedelia and crushing volume that has seen them land festival spots on Levitation and SXSW (US), End Of the Road, Future Days, Raw Power, Big Foot, Bearded Theory (UK), Sonic Whip (NL) and more while this October Pigs… will headline their biggest London show to date at the 2300 capacity Kentish Town Forum.
Latest album, 2023’s Land Of Sleeper spawned two singles – ‘Mr Medicine’ and ‘Ultimate Hammer’ – that were added to the BBC Radio 6 Music playlist and has been included in the Best of the Year So Far lists at key UK record stores Rough Trade, Norman Records and Piccadilly Records. UK Chart highlights include #1 in Record Store Chart and Independent Album Breakers Chart, #2 in Vinyl Albums Chart and Rock & Metal Albums chart, and #3 in Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50.
Pigs (x7) already have a burgeoning fanbase in Australia – Melbourne is their third ranked city for Spotify listeners (under London and Oslo), with Sydney coming in a fifth and Brisbane fifteenth
Written in a week, Land Of Sleeper has Pigs… finding a balance between the trademark Sabbath-like intensity of the live show and their experimental, free-form approach to songwriting – their 2017 debut album Feed the Rats featuring just three tracks over 37 mins – and in the process, very much sounding like a band who are comfortable in their skin. It’s their most complete sounding album yet.
And the name? “It just came from a list of really preposterous band names, and we stuck with that one (laughs). We never thought we’d be where we are now, touring the States and things. We just thought we’d play a couple of daft shows in Newcastle and that would be that. But it kind of has really snowballed.”
Don’t miss the sound of your summer Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs live this December. All shows on-sale now – get your tickets HERE
