Garbage are back to share their new song “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty.”
“Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty” serves as the latest single for Garbage’s upcoming new album Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, which arrives on May 30th. It’s a thumping, brooding new track from the LA-based rockers, with vocalist Shirley Manson skewering an unnamed toxic character and railing against the ongoing war on women in America.
“You have your big dick/ We’re just little fish/ But every wave will wash away,” Manson warns before launching into a furious chorus: “Get out my face/ Don’t mess with me/ We’re exhausted (get out),” later announcing “You won’t respect us/ I’ll make you fear us” and “If you can’t join ‘em/ You gotta beat ‘em.” Meanwhile, the band plays a taut, menacing groove that mutates into a moody guitar solo for the bridge and outro. Stream the new song below.
In a press release, Manson digs deeper into the themes behind “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty”: “When I was young, I didn’t really notice how things worked,” Manson said. “People like to shuffle older women off the lot, because you start to see the chessboard in a way you didn’t when you were younger. When you’re young, you’re wanting to get on with your life, have an adventure, do what you love, and you’re conditioned by the society that you grew up in, so a lot of the time you don’t see what’s going on. Then, as you get older, you start to see how things are stacked up against some of us – not all of us.”
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“I am outraged by the way the world treats blacks and browns and gays and trans peoples and animals and women. Living in America over the last couple of years, the absolute war on women in America is astounding. All the rights that we felt had been secured are starting to get pushed back into the Middle Ages. It is something that I can no longer tolerate silently. It’s not just infuriating, it’s alarming. It’s frightening.”
While “Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty” features some heavy themes, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light isn’t all doom and gloom (as its title suggests). Manson claimed that the new album sees her “determined to find a more hopeful, uplifting world to immerse myself in,” a topic highlighted by the ironically-titled prior single, “There’s No Future In Optimism.” The album arrives on May 30th; pre-order your copy here.
Garbage have a large list of headlining tour dates coming in support of Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, including an appearance at the goth-centric Cruel World festival in Los Angeles. See their North American tour dates below and get tickets to see Garbage here. Plus, revisit Garbage’s appearance on The Story Behind the Song podcast, where Manson digs into the creation of their hit “Only Happy When it Rains.”
Garbage 2025 Tour Dates:
05/17 — Pasadena, CA @ Cruel World Festival
08/02 — Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field *
09/03 — Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Café
09/05 — Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
09/06 — St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
09/08 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
09/10 — Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
09/12 — Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
09/13 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre
09/16 — Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
09/17 — Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
09/18 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
09/20 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
09/23 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
09/24 — Toronto, ON @ History
09/29 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
09/30 — Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion
10/01 — Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live!
10/03 — Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
10/04 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/06 — Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre
10/07 — Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
10/12 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
10/15 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
10/18 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Spokane
10/20 — Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum
10/21 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/23 — Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
10/24 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
10/26 — Reno, NV @ Silver Legacy Resort Casino
10/29 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at The Complex
10/31 — Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Chelsea
11/02 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
* = w/ My Chemical Romance
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