Problem Patterns Announce New EP 'Boring Songs For Boring People' Released 12th September 2025 via Alcopop! Records

Belfast-based DIY feminist queerpunk quartet PROBLEM PATTERNS are delighted to announce a brand new EP titled Boring Songs For Boring People, set for release on 12th September 2025 via Alcopop! Records.

The EP will be released on screen printed vinyl with a selection of office-based mug merch, with further details TBA.

Preorder now at: https://ilovealcopop.co.uk/collections/problem-patterns

To celebrate the news, the band are sharing the lead single ‘I’m Fine and I’m Doing Great’ which is out now on all good digital service providers. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Niall Doran at Start Together Studios, Belfast, the new single comes with an official video directed by the band’s Alanah Smith and filmed by Aileen McKenna.

Commenting on the track, bassist Ciara King said: “This song is an ode to every single burnout episode that any creative has ever had. The lyrics formed when we were touring flat out and playing UK festivals every weekend. As an Irish band, this requires a lot of travel back and forth. We were becoming extremely burnt out and losing joy for the thing we love.”

“I wanted to contrast that with how grateful we are for all of our achievements. I do feel like I’m well and truly living the dream. We’ve played some life changing shows and had some unimaginable experiences and successes that a tiny DIY band like us could only dream of. However, it’s important sometimes to break the fourth wall and say ‘this is really hard, isn’t it’. It’s important to the band’s mental well-being, I think, that we acknowledge when we’re tired and struggling as much as we acknowledge how excited we are. I think it’s perfectly normal to be exhausted and love your craft. This song is addressing that feeling of the love/hate relationship involved in doing music full time and still working full time. This one goes out to all our burnt out pals. Keep going.”

The new single follows on from previously released EP track ‘Sad Old Woman’, featuring vocals from Matt Korvette of Pissed Jeans (Sub Pop Records), which dropped in Spring 2025 and premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music’s New Music Fix show.

Tipped by Kathleen Hanna (Le Tigre, Bikini Kill) and Henry Rollins (Black Flag) as one of the most exciting new punk bands on the planet, the new track is the first new material from PP since winning the coveted ‘Album of The Year’ category at the Northern Irish Music Prize 2024 with critically acclaimed debut album Blouse Club.

Fresh from headline tour dates, support dates with BO NINGEN and Michael Cera Palin, and a festival appearance at NXNE in Canada, the band will be appearing at Stendahl, Under The Drum, the Pink Pound Birthday Party and Get In Her Ears Fest this summer, plus a free entry Brighton show with pals Fightmilk.

Further live dates and EP details TBA (see below for listings).

New EP Boring Songs For Boring People is released 12th September 2025 via Alcopop! Records

Live Dates:

• 04th—6th July - Limavady - Stendahl Festival (NI)
• 09th August - Tildarg, County Antrim - Under The Drum Festival (NI)
• 30th August - Glasgow - The Flying Duck (Pink Pound Birthday Party)
• 26th September - Brighton - The Hope & Ruin (w/ Fightmilk) *free entry*
• 27th September - London - Cavendish Arms - Get In Her Ears Fest (UK)