Hot Cops channel angst on the ferocious ‘Dumbbo’

Every weekday, DIY’s new music know-it-all Neu brings you one essential new release to get obsessed with. Today’s Neu Pick comes from Hot Cops.

Belfast trio Hot Cops have been swimming under the radar for some time now. But their new single ‘Dumbbo’ - following up the impressive ‘Passive Passive’ - is the kind of angsty, Fugazi-nodding hellraiser that ought to get them noticed.

One half of a new 7” single on Paper Trail Records, the track laments on a life spent trying to stay informed and always on, all of the time. Frontman / guitarist Carl Eccles says “it’s important to care and connect with something, whether it’s spiritual / physical /emotional / ideological, but it’s also really hard. Keeping up is difficult and prioritising can be overwhelming,” and that’s a message pretty much anyone with a WiFi connection can relate to.

In the spirit of being overwhelmed, ‘Dumbbo’ builds from scraps into a living, breathing juggernaut, finding inspiration in the darkest depths. It’s streaming below.

The ’Dumbbo’ / ‘Auto’ 7” is limited to 250 pink marble copies, out from 2nd September. Pre-order here.