lots of hands Release New Single/Visualizer, "anything for now," Amid EU/UK Tour

Today, lots of hands — the Newcastle-upon-Tyne duo of Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden — unveil their new single/visualizer, “anything for now.” Co-produced by Mike O’Malley (caroline, My New Band Believe), “anything for now” marks lots of hands’ first time welcoming an outside engineer into their recording process. Beginning as a bedroom recording project of Woodhouse and Dryden, lots of hands have experienced a rapid ascent over the past 18 months. Amidst relentless waves of virality for their 2020 debut mistake, lots of hands embarked on 3 US tours alongside Hudson Freeman, Lala Lala, and Deadharrie, all while promoting their “touching coming-of-age” (Hearing Things) 2024 label debut into a pretty room.

“anything for now” presents a polished lots of hands, propelled by a studio sheen and anchored by their signature command of “ineffable emotion” (Paste). Alongside digital flourishes courtesy of Woodhouse, lots of hands’ resident in-house producer, Mike O’Malley — who contributed both production and cathartic layers of guitar feedback — brings a newfound level of clarity. “This song has been through about 4 stages,” Woodhouse says of “anything for now,” continuing: “It started as 3 different tracks me and Elliot worked on individually, before combining them. We recorded this version down in London next to the best pastry shop we’ve ever been to. Such a luxury to have this experience, and meet Mike from caroline who really took this song to a different level.”

O’Malley adds: "I was tasked with the pleasure of choosing a track to work on from a big list of really beautiful songs. ‘anything for now’ stood out to me as a track that would be nice to work on as it had a really distinct sonic identity already, and it was a super well-written song. We built the whole thing from scratch in Park Chapel Studios in North London in one day — somewhere I always like to work because the live room sounds really good —and the engineer there, Joe, is a good friend and a talented person. It can be a really fun task taking a track that’s clearly already very developed and just exploding outwards into ’studio’ territory. Elliot waited patiently all day to record his vocals and did each layer in basically one take, flawlessly, right at the end of the day."

Watch lots of hands' "anything for now" Visualizer

“anything for now” arrives while lots of hands continue their EU/UK tour, with performances this weekend including gigs at Pitchfork Paris and Pitchfork London. Remaining dates will see a full-band iteration of lots of hands stop in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and more. A full list of tour dates are below and all tickets are on sale now.

lots of hands tour dates

• Thu. Nov. 5 - Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival
• Fri. Nov. 6 - Brighton, UK @ DUST
• Sat. Nov. 7 - London, UK @ Pitchfork Music Festival
• Mon. Nov. 9 - Hebden Bridge, UK @ The Trades Club
• Tue. Nov. 10 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
• Wed. Nov. 11 - Glasgow, UK @ Mono
• Thu. Nov. 12 - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK @ The Grove
• Fri. Nov. 13 - Manchester, UK @ Yes (Pink Room)
• Mon. Nov. 16 - Liverpool, UK @ District
• Tue. Nov. 17 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
• Wed. Nov. 18 - Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol