The duo have also released a new taste of what to expect from the record in the form of ‘Fluoxetide’. A bright, breezy, and boundless slice of alt-rock experimentation and electronic freedom, it’s a track that floats through the atmosphere gorgeously. Forward-thinking in all the right ways, whilst also managing to feel utterly timeless in the same moment. It’s a sign of special things to come.
Here you go.
You can also check out the previously released ‘Pray’:
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On a recent trip to London to cover a show for MetalTalk, I had the new Massive Wagons album Live At The Great Hall blasting in my ears. Away from the constant pinging of emails, the demands of family and the pressures of life, these dozen songs were such a joy to listen to that I am sure my grimaces and foot tapping cast me in the eyes of my fellow train travellers as one hell of a wierdo.
Recorded on 19th and 20th September 2025 at Lancaster University’s Great Hall, Live At The Great Hall is one of those special live albums that really does justice to a band.
This is so well recorded, produced, and mixed that it adds another dimension to witnessing the band from the crowd. I have seen Massive Wagon live, and it is such an energetic show that you just get caught up in the melee in the crowd.
Here, in the confines of British Rail, or whatever they call themselves these days, to have the five elements of the band nicely spaced around your skull, allowed me to focus on the songwriting and delivery. And when the crowd cheers, as the songs finish, I was in that zone you get with great music.
Massive Wagons – Live At The Great Hall – Out 27 March 2026 via Earache Records
Live At The Great Hall opens with Back To The Stack, and the band opening with those single-note rumblings that used to herald the start of many of those old Friday Rock Show live recordings. The crowd sounds ready right from the outset.
“Lancaster, rock ‘n’ roll has come back,” Baz says, as the band are ready to go. “Make some fucking noise.” The bass of Adam “Bowz” Bouskill sits somewhere around my nose, while the drums of Alex Thistlethwaite surround me.
The thing I really love is the guitars of Adam Thistlethwaite and Stephen Holl, who have one ear each. Straightaway, you can appreciate the nuances of their playing, the subtleties of how they approach the riffs and how well they work together.
This is a theme that runs throughout the album, and for me, the way that I often listen to music, this sucked me in the way that great live albums do. Live music, recorded well, has that rawness and atmosphere that just elevates anything you can do in the studio.
Baz is in great form, spreading the magic and driving it all forward. You can see him pushing the mic forward in the “you know, you know, you know, you know,” chorus of Back To The Stack. It is at these points that Alex is on the ride cymbal on the edges of your left ear. You know it is coming the second time around, and I am fighting the urge to air drum on the train.
Pressure kicks off second, and the band is tight, road weathered and sounding great. The backing vocals are subtly low in the mix, so the temptation to add to them yourself is worrying in public. The way the tempo slows briefly in the second half of the song shows a band in top form.
The crowd have great fun with A.S.S.H.O.L.E. Missing On TV has a brief Leppard-style riff in parts, but sounds awesome. Baz carries the chorus wonderfully. This song has the opportunity to give train-wary passengers a worry, too.
There were plenty of earworms to follow. Bangin’ In Your Stereo was my Escalator Metal moment, when you are changing lines, and you can sing along to the chorus, arms outstretched, when rising to exit the station.
Earth To Grace hit Number 4 in the Official UK Top 40. The band have been treading the boards for a number of years, trips across into Europe have been successful, and their reputation has continued to grow.
Now, with Live At The Great Hall, this deserves to push even further. I cannot remember the last time I had such fun listening to a live album. This showcases not only what great songwriters they are, but also how enjoyable they are live.
Despite the odd stare, no one on the train had me sectioned to a madhouse. It was fun while it lasted. But the good time memory is there, and the smile on my face still lingers. Fantastic.
Massive Wagons release Live At The Great Hall on 27 March 2026 via Earache Records. Pre-orders are available from earache.lnk.to/LiveAtTheGreatHall. Catch the band on tour this month. Tickets and tour info can be found at MassiveWagons.com/live.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label
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Lancaster rockers Massive Wagons have kicked open the next chapter of their story with brand new single and video Everywhere We Go. The track arrives alongside news of fresh label and management deals in Germany, a 2026 UK headline tour and a live album due in March 2026 via Earache Records.
It’s some more Foos for youse. We’re about a month away from thew Foo Fighters releasing their new album Your Favorite Toy, and Dave Grohl and company already shared the title track, as well as teasers for every song on the album. Single number two drops today, and it’s called “Caught In The Echo.” I’m…
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“Spoiler alert!” Awsten Knight puts a bouncing Glasgow Barrowlands on pause midway through tonight’s all-action return. “The next Waterparks album is done. Double-spoiler: we’ll be back here on that record, too. So tonight is about having fun and playing the songs we really love!”
Indeed, even by the vibrant Texans’ fizzing standards, there’s one hell of a party atmosphere in this legendary old ballroom. Fans have been queueing up outside since last night and Awsten isn’t about to let them down. What they deliver is a sprawling set divided into thematic chapters – ‘Happiness’, ‘Sadness’, ‘Acoustic’, ‘Anticipation’, ‘Anger’ – packed with all manner of gimmicks, from song requests to black-and-white video interludes, giving everyone license to cut loose and get silly.
‘BWOOOOONG!’ Tolling ominously like the soundtrack to a Christopher Nolan movie, Greywind’s booming intro tape catches some of those still filing in at 8:45pm off guard. But it’s quickly drowned out by shrieks of delight and the Irish rockers’ excellent, emotionally-literate rock. Swaggering on in a cracking yellow and black jacket and red gloves, like a cross between Uma Thurman and Debbie Harry, vocalist Steph O’Sullivan is the undeniable star of the show, possessed of remarkable talent and charisma. Guitarist brother Paul is the perfect foil, too, layering up heart-tugging textures for his sister to spring off on You’re My Medicine and I.K.A.M.F.
“Glasgow, I really like you,” Steph announces with Marilyn Monroe’s breathiness at one point. “Maybe it’s that Irish-Scottish connection.” Whatever it is, some in the audience switch on their phone lights so quickly you have to suspect they might as enthusiastically throw themselves down the Barras’ steep steps at her command. And although sounds like the subtle atmospherics of In Autumn would be better suited to an intimate headline set than an echoey support slot, the heart-tugging hooks of Swing And Sway, then the venomous melodies of Antidote (accompanied by Steph’s nurse’s hat costume change) ensure they leave this audience on an emotional precipice.
Not that it’s a night for getting too emo. “Is jumping in this room harder because the floor is sticky?” Awsten cranks the banter as the headliners hit top gear. “You’re going to be getting a great workout, attracting all kinds of himbos and baddies.”
The Barras’ sprung boards aren’t all that gummy, in truth. But having spoken to the frontman about the appeal of working in the different ‘funhouse’ rooms of the studio where they recorded that imminent sixth album, you can tell how much he loves plying his trade in this near-100-year-old, gritty Glaswegian sweatbox. There is a little empty space round the sides this evening, but that may be everyone cramming down front.
“A lot of cities, when they sing Waterparks songs, will do it in an American accent,” Awsten laughs, as the rowdy Scots take control of a joyous Stupid For You. “You guys don’t do that at all!” Wrapping a pride flag round his neck for the sultry Dream Boy feels like the farthest thing from performative. And although the fan-picked sections of the set inevitably descend into howling chaos, eventually narrowed down to individually overheating punters plucked from the pit, the additional theatre makes sure that Telephone and Gloom Boys feel nothing like filler.
Flash-flooding every second with commotion and colour, there’s no chance of getting bored. One second the crowd are being blasted by CO2 jets. The next they’re allowed to ‘Booooo!’ for five seconds straight because it’s taken Waterparks three years to get back here. The juiciest chunks, of course, are the handful of new tracks being rolled out on tour for the first time. IFLYRICSWERECONFIDENTIAL combines massive melodies and chunky rhymes like twenty one pilots crossed with Panic! At The Disco, with the weirdo ‘Timothée Chalamet’ refrain perfect the week of the Oscars and a new Dune trailer. REDGUITAR is (slightly) more straightforward, but its massive six string solo hits hard.
After an epic set, the race through TANTRUM, REALSUPERDARK and two-minute encore LIKEIT feels like a slightly insubstantial finish, as if the band have just clocked quite how much fan-service there’s been this evening, then rushed to close the tap. The again, the whole point here was to keep people thirsting for more. On those terms, it’s very much mission accomplished.
Waterparks are on tour in the UK and Ireland until March 26
Xdinary Heroes have announced the details of their new mini-album, the follow-up to 2025’s ‘LXVE TO DEATH’.
The release is set to be called ‘DEAD AND’. The pre-release for it will be unveiled on March 25 at 6PM (KST) / 5AM (ET) / 10 AM GMT, whilst the actual record will be released on April 17 at 1PM (KST) / 0AM (ET) / 5AM BST.
It will serve as the band’s 8th mini-album to date.
They have also shared some visuals that will be connected to the release, showing the band members as silhouettes on what appears to be a crime board. Are we heading towards a darker tone? We will have to see.
Xdinary Heroes(엑스디너리 히어로즈) 8th Mini Album <DEAD AND>
The band saw out 2025 with an extravagant finale to their ‘BEAUTIFUL MIND’ world tour. They even made a short documentary going behind the scenes of the finale in Seoul. You can enjoy that below.
Xdinary Heroes were winners of the Fan Power Award at the Rock Sound Awards 2025. The six-piece talked us through their creative journey and celebrated the fan community at the heart of it all, alongside brand new photos.
