After years of building a foothold in the UK scene, Leicester alt-rock three-piece Mouth Culture are ready to release their first full studio album. They announced their debut LP ‘The Wire’ today, due for release in April, alongside the first play of its second single ‘Fool’.
The trio of vocalist Jack Voss, guitarist Mason Clifford and bassist Todd Groome have been on the grind since 2019, working day jobs while touring relentlessly and uploading rebellious alternative rock singles. After a strong run of singles and EPs, Mouth Culture broke into the British festival circuit with appearances at Download, Reading & Leeds, 2000Trees and Slam Dunk in recent years.
Back in September, they released the song ‘Growing Pains’, a sombre Brit-pop jam that wouldn’t be out of place in Oasis or Stereophonics’ back catalogue. With lyrics about rainy days, traffic jams and tea, it’s a quintessentially English experience with a modern indie rock twist from Voss’s vocals.
Fast-forward to today, and Mouth Culture have finally announced their debut album including ‘Growing Pains’ and brand new single ‘Fool’. Their latest track is an angsty hard-rock anthem, led by heavy riffs building into a huge anthemic chorus. In terms of inspiration, Jack Voss says ‘Fool’ is about “the kind of attraction that makes you completely lose your head. It’s that push and pull of wanting someone so badly, even when you know they’re probably not good for you. There’s a real sense of back and forth throughout the song, where someone can make you feel like the best version of yourself one minute, then completely knock you down the next. I think there’s something quite universal about knowingly putting yourself in that position, convincing yourself it’ll be different this time, even when you know exactly how it’s going to end. Sometimes you just can’t help being a fool for someone.”
Their maiden studio album, ‘The Wire’ will release on April 2 2027 through independent UK label Killabop, co-produced by former You Me At Six guitarist Max Helyer and the band’s long-term friend Jamie Ward. It is also reported by Killabop to feature comedian and Celebrity Traitors star Romesh Ranganathan on unreleased track ‘Dying To Stay’. The full listing for ‘The Wire’ looks like this:
1. Growing Pains
2. Outta Here!
3. Fool
4. Dying To Stay
5. I Don’t Care
6. Spiralling
7. Lucky Number (925)
8. Dive
9. Brisbane
10. Never Been Closer
The social media announcement for The Wire includes a message saying “it’s been a hell of a journey so far – thanks to each and every person that has been part of the ride to get to this milestone. hope you love it as much as we do. the wires just getting started ragers.”
Ahead of the April launch for ‘The Wire’, Mouth Culture are set to support Oxford rockers South Arcade on all dates of their Welcome To The Real World Tour in February. The tour kicks off in Belfast with shows in Dublin, Manchester, Birmingham, London and more – check out the dates below:
FEBRUARY 2027:
7 – Limelight, Belfast
8 – 3Olympia, Dublin
10 – O2 Academy, Leeds
12 – Academy 1, Manchester
13 – NX, Newcastle
14 – Barrowlands, Glasgow
16 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
18 – Rock City, Nottingham
19 – UEA, Norwich
21 – Great Hall, Cardiff
22 – O2 Academy, Bristol
25 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
Mouth Culture’s debut album ‘The Wire’ releases through Killabop Records on April 2 2027, with singles ‘Fool’ and ‘Growing Pains’ out now. You can pre-order the album now on their official site, which also has a fun little wire-walking game to play while you browse.
