STRANGE PINK

Hull, UK alternative trio Strange Pink are today pleased to reveal the official video for their new single ‘Gone Already’, set for release on 8th September 2026. Taking influence from Narrow Head, Elliott Smith and Dinosaur Jr the band describe ‘Gone Already’ with tongues firmly in cheek as “the closest that we’re going to get to an indie-rock summer hit.” Commenting on the single, vocalist Sam Forrest says: “‘Gone Already’ was originally meant to be a bleak midwinter waltz. I wrote it while hunched over an acoustic guitar playing along with a drum machine at my kitchen table in the middle of December a couple of years ago. The lyrics are kind of about feeling abandoned by society and facing up to a future spent in a derelict backwater.” “As a band, we tried playing it in its original form as a slow waltz for a couple of months but it wasn't working. Then in the last ten minutes of our last practice session before going into record the EP, we tried just playing it as a standard...

Hull, East Yorkshire, UK alternative outfit Strange Pink are pleased to announce their return with their evocative new EP Guest Room. Mixed by Nick “The Muscle” Russell (Bedsit, ROTHCO) and mastered by Ed Woods (The Who, Manic Street Preachers), the record is set for release on 23rd October 2026 via Desert Mine Music. The band have a handful of northern UK live dates on sale now, with an appearance at Humber Street Sesh Festival also announced for August 2026 (see below for listings). To celebrate the news, lead single ‘Sculcoates’ is released 21st July 2026 via all good digital service providers—named after the street where they rehearse, the song's themes are equally universal when it comes to modern decay. Commenting on the single, vocalist Sam Forrest says: “I wrote the basic chords for Sculcoates a couple of years ago but I couldn't get any kind of melody to work over it. I remembered Tom Petty saying that he ended up talking, rather than singing, over the verse for 'H...