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Heartworms announces debut album ‘Glutton For Punishment’
She’s also shared the LP’s lead single and unveiled a new run of UK/EU tour dates.
Gothic visionary Heartworms has confirmed that her debut album, entitled ‘Glutton For Punishment’, will arrive on 7th February via Speedy Wunderground.
The DIY Class of 2024 member’s debut EP ‘A Comforting Notion’ was released in March last year, and Heartworms has since shared standalone single ‘May I Comply’, album preview ‘Jacked’, and now new offering ‘Warplane’.
Inspired by her fascination with and passion for military history, the track is a characteristically driving yet eerie number, recalling the likes of Siouxsie and The Banshees and PJ Harvey. Expanding more on its themes and lyrical content, Heartworms has explained that “the opening lyrics set the scene of a dogfight in the air while civilians are witnessing it take shape. My imagination is always out of my control, and my love of Spitfires even more so, so I couldn’t help but make this about a spitfire pilot.”
She continues: “I am dedicating this to William Gibson Gordon - a Spitfire pilot who was killed in action by an Me109 at just 20 years old. The song ends how I imagine his falling Spitfire sounds to me, like an angel losing its extraordinary wings.”
Produced by Dan Carey, ‘Glutton For Punishment’ promises to expand on the immersive and often uncomfortable world Heartworms began building with her EP, but will also see her expand her sonic remit to showcase that she can, in her words, “be poppy and catchy” as well as “do[ing] post-punk”.
Of the album as a whole, she has shared: “I’ve been chastised my whole life; made to feel as if I didn’t belong, punished for not fitting into a perfect image of how a growing woman should be. When you’re told something enough times you start to believe it. I often find myself locked into an unhealthy cycle of craving harsh discipline, greedy for the familiarity it brings but terrified of the consequences - better the devil you know. But this album doesn’t just reflect my own experiences; it reflects those of the people in my life and the stories of others that I think need to be heard.”
You can watch the Gilbert Trejo-directed video for ‘Warplanes’ and check out ‘Glutton For Punishment”s full tracklist below.
Glutton For Punishment:
1. In The Beginning
2. Just To Ask A Dance
3. Jacked
4. Mad Catch
5. Extraordinary Wings
6. Warplane
7. Celebrate
8. Smuggler’s Adventure
9. Glutton For Punishment
Plus, Heartworms has also announced that she’ll be celebrating the album’s release with a 2025 UK and European tour. Tickets will be available via presale from 10am on Thursday 17th October, while general sale will open at 10am on Friday 18th October. Check out her full live schedule here:
Heartworms 2025 UK/EU Tour
FEBRUARY 2025
12 Joiners, Southampton
13 Electric Ballroom, London
14 The White Hotel, Salford
15 Headrow House, Leeds
16 The Cluny, Newcastle
18 King Tut’s, Glasgow
19 Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
21 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
22 Thekla, Bristol
23 Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
25 Concorde 2, Brighton
27 La Route Du Rock, Saint-Malo
28 Portobello Rock Club, Caen
MARCH 2025
01 Petit Bain, Paris
02 Doornroosje, Nijmegen
03 Melkweg OZ, Amsterdam
04 Botanique, Brussels
06 Kantine, Berlin
07 Nochtwache, Hamburg
08 Blue Shell, Cologne
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