Stray Dogs Nothing But Thieves

• 1 Stray Dogs 05:23
• 2 Testosterone 02:51
• 3 Evolution 03:45
• 4 Death in The Backseat 03:15
• 5 #5 04:06
• 6 If You Don't Have Someone to Love 04:06
• 7 (Archive 76) 00:30
• 8 Baby Kool (Evelyn) 03:44
• 9 AI.Jesus 03:16
• 10 I Needed You Then, I Need You Now 05:02
• 11 American Confidence 03:47
• 12 A Different Kind of Happiness 04:07
• Total Runtime 43:52

Info for Stray Dogs

To mark over a decade as one of Britain’s leading rock bands, Nothing But Thieves are back with their fifth studio album, *Stray Dogs*, which is due for release on 25 September via RCA Records. Recorded at Angelic Studios – where the band previously recorded their debut album – *Stray Dogs* builds on the DIY roots of the five-piece band from Southend. The album was co-written over an intensive five-month period, resulting in the band’s most liberated yet cohesive work to date. Featuring the euphoric new single “Evolution”, the 12-track album explores themes of community, belonging and shared experiences.

Nothing But Thieves

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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.