Squid at Revolution Hall

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Squid’s new album Cowards is about evil. Nine stories whose protagonists reckon with cults, charisma and apathy. Real and imagined characters wading into the dark ocean between right and wrong. Singer and drummer Ollie Judge explains that he used to notice “real life things that I saw on the street. People I knew and people that I’d met” but somewhere between their last album and today, this lived social commentary gave way to an imagined world that felt more real. An avid reader, Judge was drawn more and more to the cult fiction section of book shops, falling into “bleak books about horrid murderers” such as Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, or In The Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami. The smokescreen of digital narcissism is present here, as Judge adds “a lot of the album deals with the idea of sleepwalking into a world of complacency”....

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Please note, when selecting the Print at Home or Mobile Delivery method, you will not have access to view your tickets until 3 days prior to the performance.General Admission & All Ages. 21+ Standing Room Only Floor / All Ages Fully Seated Balcony (Subject to Change).* GA 21+ FLOOR tickets gain general admission access to the standing room floor ONLY** GA All Ages BALCONY tickets gain general admission access to the fully seated balcony ONLY*
 
Squid’s new album Cowards is about evil. Nine stories whose protagonists reckon with cults, charisma and apathy. Real and imagined characters wading into the dark ocean between right and wrong. Singer and drummer Ollie Judge explains that he used to notice “real life things that I saw on the street. People I knew and people that I’d met” but somewhere between their last album and today, this lived social commentary gave way to an imagined world that felt more real. An avid reader, Judge was drawn more and more to the cult fiction section of book shops, falling into “bleak books about horrid murderers” such as Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, or In The Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami. The smokescreen of digital narcissism is present here, as Judge adds “a lot of the album deals with the idea of sleepwalking into a world of complacency”.
Cowards is Squid’s most courageous album: simultaneously growing in scope and returning to basics. Guitarist Louis Borlase states “we were thinking of an album of great songwriting. Simple ideas that resonate in a very different way to O Monolith, which was dense and complex.” Whilst their previous two records have dealt with quintessentially British themes lyrically and sonically, Cowards sees the band looking outward. Something Judge credits to touring: “it’s all fed into this record in a way that I didn't initially realise. Every song has a specific place anchored to it, places that all five of us have visited together, like New York, Tokyo and Eastern Europe.” Judge also points out the similarity to the characters in Springsteen’s 1982 solo record Nebraska, an album that is “largely written about evil people but peppered with fleeting moments of redemption”.
 
 
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