WOES 'S/T' EP out today

To mark the release of their debut self-titled EP, Edinburgh pop-punk four piece Woes have streamed their new EP in full exclusively with Rock Sound and have shared a brand new video for the closing track "Be Alone".

Speaking about the EP the band said, "We knew from day one that we wanted to create our own sound, that we didn’t want to blend into the background and fade away. I guess that’s easy to say, and hard to accomplish and I suppose everyone wants that.. Early in the process, I guess it was a lot of listening - a lot of listening to what we liked, and then what was popular. And asking ‘What’s next? How could someone do that better?’ We started to come up with some really great ideas that were slowly coming together. We’ve always had this balancing act, of really wanting to do the unexpected with our songs - but to also keep them accessible, we didn’t want to become a prog band with 7 minute long songs that no-one ever gets to the end of. But we still wanted the listener to be like ‘Holy fuck... Did you just hear that?’

We moved into a cottage near Seb (Barlow)’s studio in Wales a couple of days before production began. And we were pretty much working 20 hours a day, drinking and writing non stop. The songs were mostly done at this point, but we kept adding layers, swapping out lyrics and making them better, changing out harmonies. Just anything to make every little aspect of the record as rich and detailed as possible. Even once production began, we’d get home from the studio at 9pm and just keep going till 3am. It was great, probably one of the most fun and creative times of our lives. It was a lot of hard work, with varying amounts of disagreement and compromise but ultimately we came up with something that we’re all immensely proud of. We’ve absolutely achieved the goals we set coming in, and exceeded our wildest expectations."

The band's debut single 'Worst Friend' dropped little over a month ago and has since received critical acclaim from the likes of Kerrang! (in On The K! Stereo), Kerrang! TV (Incoming), Rock Sound (Exposure), Alt Press, Punktastic and many more...

The band also come recommended by Welsh pop-punk giants, Neck Deep, who tweeted about their debut single 'Worst Friend' saying: WATCH 'WORST FRIEND' HERE

Music had always come easy to the members of Woes, who had toured the UK and Europe multiple times in previous bands. All while holding down serious jobs, supporting loved ones and carving a name for themselves as talented performers in their own right. Creatively spent and losing focus, towards the end of 2015, they turned a mirror on themselves and decided to make a change. At the beginning of 2016 Woes was born, with one goal. To do absolutely everything involved in being a musician with 100% effort and application, no excuses.

The early part of 2016 was spent writing, the band turned to Seb Barlow (Neck Deep, ROAM, WSTR) to help them realise their vision in the studio. Often working 19-20 hours a day recording and perfecting songs, making alterations minutes before parts were recorded to create a 5 track EP that truly reflects the best they have to offer. Songs that veer from buoyant messages of hope to crushing despair and back again, without ever losing direction.

With years of touring experience their shows are full of anthemic choruses, tight vocal harmonies and huge, thundering drums. Woes are ready to blow all expectations away with an EP that pushes genre forward with new layers of intricacy and depth, whilst packing in the youthful energy and massive choruses fans of the genre have come to know and love.