# UK Indie/Punks THE SUBWAYS Release Fifth Studio Album ‘Uncertain Joys’

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- Published: 2023-01-16T17:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**UK Indie/Punks THE SUBWAYS Release Fifth Studio Album ‘Uncertain Joys’ via Alcopop!
Records/Bodan Kuma Recordings**

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**2023 UK Tour Kicks Off January 26; European Dates Announced**

[**Stream The Album Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13004804.33764.1.8340957f04a562879c709e14bd2d0337)

Hertfordshire, UK indie punk favorites **THE SUBWAYS** have released their long-
awaited fifth studio album **Uncertain Joys** via Alcopop! Records/Bodan Kuma Recordings.

**The album is available at:** [https://linktr.ee/thesubways](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13004804.33766.1.f0b506b914f07763fd35b8c8549b4039).

**What others are saying:**
_“A fantastic album filled with catchy tracks. Eight
years is a long time, but it was certainly worth the wait. “- _**_Distorted Sound_**

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_“Driving, memorable guitar riffs, and catchy choruses are abound throughout an 
album with stunning production values that also tackles a variety of themes lyrically.
Uncertain Joys ensures a triumphant return to recording for The Subways.”- _**_XS
Noize_**

_“Armed with a new drummer, some synthesizers and eight years of life experience,
the British indie trio (The Subways) re-emerge moodier, mellower and more mature
on their fifth release.”- _**_Tinnitist_**

_“The Subways pushing themselves to their limits. It’s a welcome return.” – _**_GBHBL_**

_“Has plenty in its grooves to keep hips swinging and more.”- _**_The Arts Desk_**

_“There’s still that indie-punk ferocity that they’ve honed so well over the years.
A hearty feat to pull off after hefty musical time out.”- _**_Noizze_**

_“Sets a high benchmark…”- _**_Real Gone_**

_“‘Uncertain Joys’ is a supercharged dose of classic Subways that is more than worth
your time.”- _**_Full Pelt Music_**

_“With Uncertain Joys, The Subways have come on leaps and bounds, mixing bold synths
and bouncy pop to their straightforward Indie Rock to great effect.”- _**_Ghost 
Cult_**

_“Their best work to date.”- **\*Music Shelf With Mustard\***_

**Uncertain Joys** was recorded and produced by front man and producer in his own
right Billy Lunn, mixed by the Grammy Award-winning **Adrian Bushby (Muse, Foo Fighters,
Everything Everything),** and mastered by **Katie Tavini (Mykki Blanco, Arlo Parks,
Nadine Shah).**

**Stream and share here:** [https://linktr.ee/thesubways](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13004804.33768.1.1160981fbf875076fc31ac7229d9fd56)

**Watch a video for the single “Black Wax” here:** [https://youtu.be/oMGNzWjQIWU](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13004804.33767.1.afcbe6fb6f21838d0bad9b413945e66f)

The Subways - Black Wax (Official Video)

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Following a busy summer of festival appearances across the UK and Europe, the band’s
previously announced UK album tour dates have been rescheduled to January/February
2023 and are on sale now (see below for full listings). New European dates have 
also been announced. The band kicked off the release of the record with a series
of shows at London-based vintage clothing boutique Paper Dress Vintage this week.
Tickets are available here: [http://lnk.to/SubwaysPDV](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=13004804.33769.1.5aca1e8448d1124dbe92e206a1410590)

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[[**‘Uncertain Joys’ tracklist:** 
1. You Kill My Cool2. Love Waiting On You3. Uncertain
Joys4. Incantation5. Black Wax6. Lavender Amelie7. Fight8. Influencer Killed The
Rock Star9. Swanky Al10. The Devil and Me11. Joli Coeur12. Futures  

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**London Takeover Album Release Shows @ Paper Dress Vintage** 
Jan13th – London (
Full Set) w/ The Molotovs

**UK/EU Tour Dates:**
Jan 26th – Manchester Gorilla Jan 27th – Stoke Sugarmill Jan
28th Sunderland Independent Jan 29th Glasgow King Tuts

Feb 1st – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach 
Feb 2nd – London Scala Feb 3rd – Brighton Chalk
Feb 4th – Cambridge Mash

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Mar 19- Rotterdam (NE), Rotown (main hall) 
Mar 22- Kraków (PL), Kwadrat Mar 23-
Warsaw (PL), Hybrydy Mar 25- Brno (CZ), Fléda Mar 26- Prague (CZ), Lucerna Music
Bar Mar 27- Budapest (HU), Dürer Kert Mar 29- Vienna (AT), Flex Mar 30- Bratislava(
SK), MMC Mar 31- Dornbirn (AT), Conrad Sohm

Apr 1- Milan (IT), Legend Club 
Apr 2- Treviso (IT), New Age, Roncade Apr 5- Rubigen(
CH), Mühle Hunziken Apr 6- Chaffhausen (CH), Kammgarn

Jun 24- Match Börner Open Air (DE) Festival

Aug 6- Bridlington Spa (with The Enemy)  

**The Subways are:** 
Billy Lunn – guitar and vocals Charlotte Cooper – bass and
vocals Camille Phillips – drums

**More info:** 
Formed in 2002, by now The Subways should need no introduction. 
Nearly 20 years into their career the band have had multiple chart-worthy album 
releases including Young For Eternity (2005), All Or Nothing (2008), Money And Celebrity(
2011), and The Subways (2015), spawning a slew of hit singles including ‘Rock & 
Roll Queen’, ‘Oh Yeah’, ‘Girls & Boys’ and ‘We Don’t Need Money To Have A Good Time’.

They have toured with AC/DC, Foo Fighters, and Oasis, appeared on the Late Show 
with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and graced the festival 
main-stages of Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, Lollapalooza, Download, Soundwave, 
Hurricane & Southside, Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring and many more.

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_Photo credit: @PhotoLauraLewis_

The band have worked with Nirvana and Garbage super-producer Butch Vig, as well 
as Blur and The Smith’s mastermind Stephen Street, and the band have appeared in
several major films and videogames including Guy Ritchie’s Rock’N’Rolla, American
smash-hit TV drama The OC, and Colin McCrae: DiRT 2, Saint’s Row 2, Fifa Street 
2, Forza Horizon.

The first track to be taken from their recently-completed forthcoming new album,‘
Fight’ was The Subways’ first release without long-time drummer and founding member
Josh Morgan, who announced his departure from the band in October 2020, shortly 
after studio sessions were completed.

Produced by Lunn and mixed by Adrian Bushby (Foo Fighters, Muse, New Order), ‘Fight’
is a precursor to the sonic texture of the new album, without giving too much away
too early. In the advent of COVID, Lunn is producing and mixing bands in his Welwyn
Garden City-based recording studio (with social-distancing measures in place) until
touring resumes.

‘Fight’ picked up a triumphant wave of support, with NME, CLASH Magazine, Steve 
Lamacq at BBC 6music, Gay Times, Broadway World, and more all championing the band’s
long-awaited return, and demonstrating a renewed appetite for the band’s forthcoming
fifth studio effort.

The Subways’ hit single ‘Rock & Roll Queen’ also recently appeared in Ladbrokes’
European Championship TV advert, partnering with #WeMakeEvents to light up music
venues in red and lend support to the live entertainment industry. The advert features
hundreds of skilled and experienced drummers performing as a player prepares to 
take a penalty.

The Subways revealed the video for forthcoming 2023 album Uncertain Joys’ lead single‘
You Kill My Cool’ earlier this spring, following a premiere with FLOOD Magazine.
Alongside the track, the band also released single B-side ‘Oi You Boy Bands’ which
is out now on all good digital service providers—a rallying feminist cry against
all things pale, male and stale that features lead vocals from bassist Charlotte
Cooper and new drummer/permanent member Camille Phillips (The Ramonas).

‘You Kill My Cool’ and ‘Love Waiting On You’ are the latest shots of new material
from the band following their previous Black Lives Matter-inspired standalone single‘
Fight’ in 2021, collaborating with rising stars Nova Twins and Tokky Horror for 
exclusive remixes and B-sides.

The band closed out last year on their Young For Eternity Tour dates with ART BRUT,
as well as playing a handful of intimate headline gigs, and most recently stormed
through the EU in May 2022 for a string of Germany and Netherlands headline dates.

**The Subways online:**
[Website](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d13004804.33774.1.07a83aeda140891dd5d7e746feba0a3b&umid=1fc26e8b-8f9e-47bd-9464-23d73f53b234&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-3b11b28d326f30090887fe72e1f42be1f6b7be22)
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