Sorry share new single ‘Screaming In The Rain Again’

London’s Sorry share their new single ‘Screaming In The Rain Again’, a brand-new recording of the epic penultimate track - and a fan favourite - on their critically-acclaimed second record Anywhere But Here, first released in October 2022 on Domino. The single launched as an exclusive first play with Steve Lamacq in his teatime slot on BBC Radio 6 Music. The band have also announced their debut shows in Japan and Australia for October this year.

Commenting on the brand new version, Sorry said: “We wanted to make a version that was harder, stronger, faster. We felt we could show a different side to the version that is on the album, one with more passion.”

Anywhere But Here followed Sorry’s barnstorming 2020 debut 925 on the pathway to universal critical acclaim with a host of glowing reviews from national media, including 9/10s from CLASH, Gigwise, The Line Of Best Fit, and 4* ratings (or 8/10s) from MOJO, Loud And Quiet, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times Culture, The Times, NME, DIY, Dork, and more. Naturally, Anywhere But Here landed in a huge array of Album Of The Year lists at the end of 2022. The album was largely produced by the band’s Louis O’Bryen and Asha Lorenz, and Ali Chant along with Portishead’s Adrian Utley in Bristol. While Charlie Andrew co-produced singles ‘Key To The City’ and the ‘Let The Lights On’ with Louis and Asha. The band celebrated the release of Anywhere But Here with a party at their spiritual home The Windmill Brixton - with a tattoo artist inking their iconic fish logo.

Sorry were on the road throughout 2022 with shows supporting Sleaford Mods in the US and their own headline tours in June and October to December in North America and the UK. The Times awarded their biggest headline show to date at Electric Brixton 4* (“surly, sullen and heading for stardom”). The band were also touring in Europe in February and March this year.

Composed of best friends and co-conspirators Asha and Louis, joined by drummer Lincoln Barrett, multi-instrumentalist Campbell Baum, and Marco Pini on electronics, Sorry have been making music together since their teens. Emerging from Brixton’s Windmill scene, where they played alongside Shame, Goat Girl and Black Midi, Sorry have created their own distinctive musical world - one that draws together a shared passion for lo-fi sounds of grunge, trap, and shoegaze. If their first full-length album 925 (produced by Lana Del Rey and Gorillaz collaborator James Dring) was more electronic, Anywhere But Here pays homage to classic songwriters of the 1970s, such as Carly Simon and Randy Newman. Asha’s nonchalant salty-sweet vocals contrast with detuned/discordant guitar sounds echoing early ‘90s bands, Slint and Tortoise, and the irregular beats of Kanye or Capital Steez.

Praise for Sorry’s Anywhere But Here

• “this record will easily be in the running for one of the best records out of the UK this year” CLASH 9/10
• “If you weren’t taking Sorry too seriously off the back of 925, you will be now.” Gigwise 9/10
• “Sorry remind us of how exciting it feels to be musically challenged” Line Of Best Fit 9/10
• “possesses a vulnerability and depth its predecessor lacked” MOJO 8/10
• “as both a collection of songs and a piece of psychogeography Anywhere But Here is truly impressive” Loud And Quiet 8/10
• “it’s reflective, honest, funny. And Sorry only seem to be getting better.” The Guardian 4*
• “elegiac and anthemic, each song has spark” Telegraph 4*
• “They match acute observation with music of telling fragility” The Sunday Times Culture 4*
• “a really smart and interesting band” The Times 4*
• “chaotic, brilliant curveballs that capture the confusion and commotion of life right now.” NME 4*
• “paints a twisted picture of a disconnected city” DIY 4*
• “a perfect analysis of modern attitude and anxieties” Dork 4*
• “artfully ramshackle post-punk clatter ... sexy swagger and empathy” Uncut 7/10
• “full of enough twists and turns to keep you coming back for more” Evening Standard Magazine
• “Sorry shake off the shackles of their London DIY origins to experiment with an unexpected yet thrilling sonic palette.” Rolling Stone UK