He Said What?’ And Announce Deluxe Album

Nothing But Thieves have dropped new single ‘Oh No :: He Said What?’ alongside news of a deluxe version of their chart-topping ‘Dead Club City’.

The band’s fourth album became their first to reach Number 1 in the charts, and was swiftly followed by a sell-out UK tour, which included two nights at London’s Wembley Arena.

It will now receive the deluxe treatment, with an extended version set to arrive March 15 via RCA/Sony.

‘Dead Club City Deluxe’ will feature three new chapters to add to the album’s universe – ‘Oh No :: He Said What?’, ‘Time :: Fate :: Karma :: God’ and ‘Pure You’ – as well as stripped-back versions of two of the original album’s singles: ‘Overcome’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Closed’.

Out now, ‘Oh No :: He Said What?’ picks up where the album left off, with its shimmering atmospherics and 80s-inspired synths – have a listen below via the lyric video.

Describing how the new track figures within their recent album, the band have said:

“Like ‘Welcome To The DCC’, the song is mostly from the point of view of those running ‘Dead Club City’ – except now, they’re panicked by the monster they’ve helped to create. 

“The grifters have moved in. A utopia that was meant to be beyond borders or traditional government control has been dragged back down by the human condition, maybe it was inevitable.

“The song was the very last thing we finished off in the studio and at one point wasn’t really part of the concept. 

“The story was meant to end with ‘Pop The Balloon’ but these extra songs leave the door open a bit. We like that. Maybe we’ll want to check in on ‘Dead Club City’ in a decade’s time and see how it’s doing?”

Around the release of ‘Dead Club City’, the band spoke to Rock Sound about the making of the record as part of our ‘The Album Story’ feature.

Discussing what the future held following the album, and whether the creation of an alternative universe presented them with new opportunities, guitarist Joe Langridge-Brown said:

“I don’t think we’ll know that until we finish the campaign and once the dust has settled.

“I like the idea of throughout our career writing a song from ‘Dead Club City’. They can just be one-offs where we revisit the world for whatever reason. 

“As we finish the album, things are quite open-ended and the city is still thriving in a way. That’s probably a question to ask us again in a few years.”

And now it seems they are indeed growing out the world of ‘Dead Club City’.

January:

Weds 31^st – London – The Forum: Radio X Presents (sold out)

February:

Fri 2^nd – Paris – L’Olympia (sold out)
Sat 3^rd – Antwerp – Lotto Arena (sold out)
Mon 5^th – Stockholm – Fryshuset Arena (sold out)
Tues 6^th – Copenhagen – Vega
Thurs 8^th – Hamburg – Sporthalle
Sat 10^th – Leipzig – Haus Auensee
Sun 11^th – Vienna – Gasometer (sold out)
Wed 14^th – Berlin – Columbiahalle (sold out)
Fri 16^th – Prague – Forum Karlin (sold out)
Sat 17^th – Munich – Zenith
Mon 19^th – Zurich – The Hall
Tues 20^th – Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
Thurs 22^nd – Cologne – Palladium (sold out)
Fri 23^rd – Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome (sold out)
Sat 24^th – Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome (sold out)
Mon 26^th – Milan – Fabrique (sold out)
Thurs 29^th – Barcelona – Razzmatazz (sold out)

March:

Fri 1^st – Madrid – Sala La Riviera (sold out)
Fri 15^th-Sun 17^th – Santiago – Lollapalooza
Fri 15^th-Sun 17^th – Buenos Aires – Lollapalooza
Thurs 21^st-Sun 24^th – Bogota – Festival Estereo Picnic
Fri 22^nd-Sun 24^th – Sao Paulo – Lollapalooza
Weds 27^th – Guadalajara – Guanamor Teatro Studio (sold out)

April:

Fri 19^th – Athens – Jameson Connects
Sat 20^th – Athens – Jameson Connects (sold out)

June:

Sun 16^th – Milan – Idays *with Green Day*
Weds 19^th – Cardiff – Castle
Fri 21^st-Sun 23^rd – Landgraaf – Pinkpop
Fri 21^st – Manchester – Emirates Old Trafford *with Green Day*
Sun 23^rd – Newport – Isle of Wight festival
Tues 25^th – Glasgow – Bellahouston Park *with Green Day*
Thurs 27^th – Marlay Park *with Green Day*
Sat 29^th – Wembley Stadium *with Green Day*

July:

Weds 3^rd July – Leeds – Millennium Square
Fri 5^th – Arras – Main Square festival
Sat 6^th – Werchter – Rock Werchter
Weds 10^th-Sat 13^th – Madrid – Mad Cool
Thurs 11^th-Sat 13^th – Lisbon – NOS Alive

August:

Fri 9^th-Sat 10^th – Trencin – Grape festival

September:

Sat 7^th – Munich – Superbloom festival