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Released Friday 20th June 2025
All pre orders will be fulfilled/made ready for collection on that date.
DINKED EXCLUSIVE 341
UNIVERSITY
McCartney, It’ll Be OK
Transgressive Records
DINKED EDITION 341 £29.99
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Half black / half red coloured vinyl *
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3 track bonus 7” containing single ‘Can’t Breathe’ & fan favourites ‘Synth Song’ & ‘SO WHAT WE ET UNK OKE EE’
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Obi-strip
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Limited pressing of 500 *
*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition
Side A
Massive Twenty One Pilots Tattoo
Curwen
Gorilla Panic
Hustler’s Metamorphosis
Side B
GTA Online
Diamond Song
History of Iron Maiden Pt. 1
History of Iron Maiden Pt. 0.5
UNIVERSITY, the Crewe-based four-piece formed of Zak Bowker (vocals/guitar), Ewan Barton (bass), drummer Joel Smith and Eddie (mascot), announce their debut album, ‘McCartney, It’ll Be OK’, following last year's incredible debut EP and a slew of shows that have them firmly established as one of the best live bands in the UK right now.
With influences from the 80's DIY noise underground, emo-core, Burroughs and obscure arthouse cinema and the likes of 'Windmill' scenesters Black Midi they're the most exciting group to emerge from Crewe since, well, ever. The tightest of friendships thrust them together in a void of culture, where in-jokes, a fourth member who plays computer games on stage whiles they thrash out (and maybe writes all the songs!?!?!), these charismatic young upstarts invite you into their gang, where the riffs are melodic, the lyrics emotional yet humorous and the drums are set to eleven.
Recorded with producer Kwes Darko (Sampa The Great, Denzel Curry) at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 in London, ‘McCartney, It’ll Be OK’ furthers the extremely exciting beginnings of UNIVERSITY’s 2023 debut EP, ‘Title Track’, with the hooks now brighter and more melodic, the breakdowns heavier and the lyrics more refined. The band recorded ‘McCartney, It’ll Be Alright’ totally live, and it retains the delightfully unhinged energy that’s defined their work so far, with everything thrillingly close to falling apart at any minute.
“an explosion of energy unlike anything you’ve heard this year" - NME
“a band trying to pummel their way out of a cage” - DIY Mag
“glorious desolation” - So Young
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