Massive Wagons Launch Anti-Bullying Single and Announce New Album
Rock ‘n’ roll ringleaders MASSIVE WAGONS have announced their upcoming album 'TRIGGERED!', out 28th October 2022 via Earache Records.
The album was recorded at Backstage Studios with producers Chris Clancy (Machine Head, Megadeth, Amon Amarth) and Colin Richardson (Funeral For A Friend, Slipknot, Sepultura), the production force that was also behind their UK Top 10 album 'House Of Noise'.
Fans got their first taste via brand new single “Fuck The Haters” which premiered exclusively on Planet Rock Radio yesterday morning and is available now from all DSPs. “Fuck The Haters” is a bold-call-to-arms track that employs huge arena rock and frontman Barry “Baz” Mills' signature vocal vigour, to hold a potent middle finger to everyone and anyone who feels it necessary to bully other people, be that physically, face to face, or keyboard warriors in the social media sphere.
Written as a supportive rallying cry for those who have been affected by any form of bullying, Baz sums up the spirit of “Fuck The Haters”: “Simple song, simple message: fuck the haters, fuck 'em all. Do what you want, wear what you want, be who you want to be and be proud about it. I know this kind of thing has been covered in songs before, but I wanted to strip it back to its most basic, powerful form. Yeah, swearing ain't for everyone, but sometimes you just got to stand up and let rip! #STOPBULLYING #FUCKTHEHATERS”
The track's accompanying video underlines this message. Directed by Lewis Cater (The Hunna, Sum 41, Neck Deep), the video brings with it a no-holds-barred performance chock-full of the band's trademark charisma as they stand up against incessant social media trolling and sinister anonymous figures.
Watch the video here or listen below.
Over their last two albums, which romped into the official UK chart Top 20 and Top 10 respectively, MASSIVE WAGONS have grown from beloved local heroes to national treasures within the UK rock scene. For the new LP, the group have crafted a hefty slab of rock 'n' roll that stays true to their influences whilst pushing past previous boundaries. From twists of tough punk to twinkles of yacht rock, while keeping Baz’s iconic lyricism and their electrifying no-nonsense rock pedigree, the record proffers tracks begging to be huge live anthems.
Baz explains how 'TRIGGERED!' stands out compared to the band's previous albums:
“I think this album is a lot more British sounding. I think we’ve managed to bring our sound more up-to-date, it sounds fresh and exciting. It has much more of a punk vibe about it, but, that being said, it's still full of everything we love about guitar music.”
“There are some very angry, passionate songs in there. We all dug really deep writing this one, some of them were a real labour of love. I think we truly have made our best album yet. I know that's a cliché, but our other albums felt like they had a foot in the previous one somehow, be it leftover songs, a certain sound or style... But I think this one stands alone as a unique sounding Wagons album.”
