Dead Club City (Extended Deluxe) Nothing But Thieves

• 1 Welcome to the DCC 03:18
• 2 Overcome 03:34
• 3 Tomorrow Is Closed 03:58
• 4 Keeping You Around 03:35
• 5 City Haunts 03:11
• 6 Do You Love Me Yet? 05:26
• 7 Members Only 02:49
• 8 Green Eyes :: Siena 03:48
• 9 Foreign Language 03:54
• 10 Talking To Myself 04:15
• 11 Pop The Balloon 04:31
• 12 Oh No :: He Said What? 03:48
• 13 Time :: Fate :: Karma :: God 03:04
• 14 Pure You 03:32
• 15 Overcome (Stripped) 03:20
• 16 Tomorrow Is Closed (Stripped) 04:15
• 17 Welcome to the DCC (Live from Wembley Arena) 04:00
• 18 Tomorrow Is Closed (Live from Wembley Arena) 04:04
• 19 Oh No :: He Said What? (Live from Ziggo Dome) 04:06
• Total Runtime 01:12:28

Info for Dead Club City (Extended Deluxe)

Reknown for their ability to straddle both heartfelt soundscapes with bombastic, riff-driven rock, Southend four-piece Nothing But Thieves present their fourth album Dead Club City - now expanded with five additional tracks. Opening with the driving synth stabs of 'Welcome to the DCC', one would be forgiven for thinking this was an all-guns-blazing collaboration with The Weeknd.

For those unfamiliar with the original release, the full-length was undeniably a success. It charted as the #1 album in the UK and even on Australian shores, the single ‘Welcome To The DCC’ appeared in the famed Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023. ‘Is Everybody Going Crazy?’ – well for these five British blokes, that is what their alt-pop-rock formula has instigated on a global scale.

Opener and single ‘Welcome To The DCC’ is that Armageddon disco-rock revelation that is an eerily flawless soundtrack to specific perspectives of the current world we live in. A fusion of noughties’ Justin Timberlake with some of Prince’s funk brilliance and 80s synthpop discotheque; the entire amalgamation feels like it belongs on the Ghostbusters II soundtrack, in the best way possible. If we are facing the end of the world and the decision is to go out with a bang, Nothing But Thieves have created the anthem for the annihilation.

Nothing But Thieves

Nothing But Thieves
Hailing from Southend-on-Sea, 40 miles east of central London, Nothing But Thieves grew out of a friendship formed at school, between Connor Mason/vocals and Joe Langridge-Brown/Guitar.

Conor and Joe played in a string of teenage bands together before Joe left for university. Conor then hooked up with classically trained guitar player Dom, after a meeting at a sixth-form music class. The two collaborated casually for a while, without any expectation of success. “It was stupid not to just jam,” says Dom, “but it was just for fun, nothing serious.”

Though the band haven’t clarified the timeline it seems that Joe continued to be involved. At some point, management interest arrived in the form of Drive-Thru Records duo, Richard and Stefanie Reinesa.

Connor recalls calling Joe to ask him if he wanted to form a proper band saying, “Do you want to come back and do a band thing?” to which Joe replied, “Yeah! I’ll leave uni and drop straight out – I’ll leave this week!”

Dom’s cousin, Phillip Blake eventually joined as the bassist they’d been looking for over 2 years. James Price/Drums, (a friend of Dom’s from school) was the final puzzle-piece.

Once complete, it would still take a further 2 years of frustration trying to nail down their sound in Dom’s garage, before they were ready to venture out.

“The stuff we were coming out with wasn’t good, and it was all the same” remembers Dom. “We were just like, “Anything to get out of the garage and explore a bit, because we completely hit a plateau with the writing.”

Encouraged by their management, the band headed off to the US on a six-week low-budget trip, meeting with producers and writers. The adventure galvanised them and when they returned, it was to record their first EP ‘If You Don’t Believe, It Can’t Hurt You.’ Self-released in October, 2013, it attracted immediate interest from Radio 1’s, resident new-music bellwether, Zane Lowe.

September, 2014, saw the arrival of a second re-configured EP, titled ‘Graveyard Whistling’ released via RCA. With major-backing and promotional interest from Lowe’s Radio 1 show, the band were ready to take a prime-time bow.

This album contains no booklet.