Glasgow punk band Soapbox have announced their ‘Lock In’ EP, and shared a new single

Glasgow punk band SOAPBOX are set to release their new EP ‘LOCK IN’ on 25th April, alongside sharing new single ‘Do As Ur Told’.

The band draw influence from acts including The Damned, Soft Play, Amyl and the Sniffers and Viagra Boys. Speaking about their music, they say “we all have a severe praise kink so as long as people keep listening, we’re happy.”

‘LOCK IN’ follows their previous EP ‘HAWD THAT’, with the release coinciding with their biggest headline show to date at Glasgow School of Art.

Discussing new single ‘Do As Ur Told’, vocalist Tom Rowan explains: “Its lyrics are specific to a bad experience we had in the music industry where we felt we were being taken for a ride, but we feel it’s more broadly about being strong-armed into situations which are non-beneficial. The frustration we feel as musicians struggling to scratch out a living, and being squeezed on every penny we do make by other parties, translates to situations people find themselves in every day whether that’s off of a colleague, boss, landlord or someone else in a position of power over them.”

Their dates in full read:

MARCH
21 The Engine Room, North Shields, UK
22 Bootleg Social, Blackpool, UK
23 The Crescent, York, UK

APRIL
5 This Is Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, UK
18 The Brickyard, Carlisle, UK
25 The Garage, Glasgow, UK

MAY
23 Sniester Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
24 Pretty Pissed Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
29 Supersonic’s Block Party Festival, Paris, France
30 Supersonic’s Block Party Festival, Paris, France
31 Maifeld Derby, Mannheim, Germany

AUGUST
3 Kendal Calling, Cumbria, UK