DIRTY LACES have been making an impact on the Manchester music scene for a few years. Delivering a high octane, punk tinged sound, blended with some of the legendary UK Classic Rock influences, DIRTY LACES hit you with heavy riffs and addictive melodies that produce powerful Mancunian rock’n’roll with a dirty garage edge.

L’Esprit Du Temps the new EP by DIRTY LACES see’s their coming of age and venture into a psyche-garage wonderland. The 4 track EP shows many faces of the band with depth and dynamic range covering themes of self-discovery and socio-political liberation. The EP has now been released digitally via Golden Robot Records and you can get it on all platforms!

The band released two stunning singles in the lead up to the EP release, ‘Breathe’ and ‘These Days’ which saw them earn global recognition.

Listen/Buy L’Esprit Du Temps HERE

L’Esprit Du Temps – Track by Track

These Days: ‘These Days’ is the band’s first release since the nation stood still, changed, and became quite unfamiliar. As the band was forced into isolation from one another they were left with the breathing space and time to explore conceptual themes and the message that they wanted to convey in their music and how to move on and expand from themes of power, struggle, and self-awareness covered in their last single ‘You’.  

‘These Days’ has become almost a time capsule about the age we now live in, the history of class struggle and the rise and fall of Empires, not carrying the sentiment of defeat and apathy, the message is positive, with hope nothing will defeat us.  

Breathe: Fear, loathing, and pages of notebooks filled in between; North Manchester’s Dirty Laces edge closer to their anticipated debut LP with surprising new single ‘Breathe.’ Exploring life’s riddles whilst gently exhaling as its own tale of the unexpected, it also sees the band expand their audio-visual horizons by collaborating with the city’s creative Happy Daze video crew for the first time. 

“Breathe is Dirty Laces stripped back and raw,” explains the band’s bassist, Tom, of the song’s unusually mellow sound. “It brings to the surface issues that dawn on every human such as their own mortality and the struggle to discover oneself. As a band we aren’t afraid to be vulnerable and express our inner feelings.” 

With lyrics nodding to the literary works of Huxley’s Brave New World and Hunter S Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, ‘Breathe’ is another well-observed bend in Dirty Laces’ meandering journey so far. Plunging the existential toe-dipping of previous singles ‘You’ and ‘These Days’ to even greater depths, it emerges from the band’s escapist writing process of absorbing the world around them then projecting inwards aggravations outwards, to craft a classic rock sound bellying their years. 

Even Ground: ‘Even Ground’ continues the theme’s covered in the rest of the EP but sees them delve into unfamiliar musical territories with a surprisingly fresh outcome.  

Exile: ‘Exile’ is a four to the floor dance song that is a beast live and gets the walls shaking. The haunting intro riff seamlessly evolves to Zeppelin like sleaze. The band take the youthful energy they had in early recordings but seem to deliver it in a refined & mature package. 

Manchester based DIRTY LACES are a down and out rock ‘n’ roll outfit who hit you with crunching and hypnotic guitars, huge drum fills and a sound that echoes the likes of The Cult and Led Zeppelin meshed with a Libertines-esque vibe. Their new single These Days is out now via Golden Robot Records. 

“These Days is a song about the times we now live in, along with the history of class struggle and the rise and fall of empires and how that’s relevant to what we’re experiencing now. The song was written just after a long stint in isolation and was fuelled by the emotion that comes with long periods without social interaction and the things you take for granted. Most of the media we were consuming at the time was very negative and bleak and painted a picture of the mess that the UK was in.  But there has always been struggle and resistance towards power in history. It’s obviously not a new thing” – DIRTY LACES.

DIRTY LACES have been making an impact on the Manchester music scene for a few years. Delivering a high octane, punk tinged sound, blended with some of the legendary UK Classic Rock influences, DIRTY LACES hit you with heavy riffs and addictive melodies, that produces powerful Mancunian rock’n’roll with a dirty garage edge.

Stream/buy These Days HERE

Striding between the Cotton Mills of North Manchester, Dirty Laces bring hypnotic rhythms, piercing riffs and a natural grasp for melody.

They are comfortable in their own skin and unafraid to take risks. Bolstered by the music they were raised on, Dirty Laces encapsulate the true spirit of rock & roll with their uncompromising song-crafting and passion that oozes in their live performances. 

The band have gone from strength to strength selling out multiple shows in their hometown and building a fan-base the old school way, relentlessly shaking venues in the UK with their explosive set.

Invited to support their hero Peter Doherty on more than one occasion, along with sitting comfortably on multiple major festival lineups, the future is definitely bright for Dirty Laces. 

Following up on their last single Back on the Line. Dirty Laces returned to the legendary Parr Street studios to record their latest single You. Since its release, the psychedelic rock anthem has been praised by BBC Radio 6’s Chris Hawkins, described as a blend of Led Zeppelin and The Verve with a fresh contemporary edge.