Lady Bird deal with difficult family relationships on ‘Boot Fillers’

On debut EP ‘Social Potions’, Kent trio Lady Bird set themselves up as punks with a heart, offering up mosh-worthy bangers but with an atypically sensitive lyrical core.

Now they’re back with new track ‘Boot Fillers’ and it’s an even more unlikely gem.

Full of rowdy sing-along “la la las”, it’s a rough’n’ready number on the surface. Beneath that, however, it finds singer Sam Cox discussing the difficulties of accepting a string of new temporary stepfathers into the family, ultimately ending in a positive spoken-word mantra: “We don’t have to stay the same forever/ We can blossom and adjust and some day become better/ He can be happy, you can be happy, we can all be happy/ But it requires practice.”

The track was co-produced by Jolyon Thomas (Royal Blood, The Magic Gang) alongside Girl Fight records’ label bosses - Isaac and Laurie from Slaves.

The two bands will also be teaming up this November when Lady Bird support Slaves on their forthcoming massive tour.

Listen to ‘Boot Fillers’ now and catch the pals at one of the dates below.

NOVEMBER
07 – Newcastle, O2 Academy Newcastle
08 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
10 – Nottingham, Rock City
12 – Belfast, Limelight
13 – Dublin, Academy
15 – Norwich, UEA
16 – Liverpool, O2 Academy
17 – Manchester, Academy
19 – Leeds, O2 Academy
20 – Bristol, O2 Academy
22 – Cardiff, Tramshed
23 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
24 – London, Alexandra Palace