Welly Announce Debut Album ‘Big In The Suburbs’

Welly will release their debut album ‘Big In The Suburbs’ next year. The much-tipped band have stolen hearts with a string of addictive singles, with Welly citing everyone from Pet Shop Boys to Girls Aloud as an influence. Debut album ‘Big In The Suburbs’ should be taken at its word – it’s a series of tales about suburbia, the boredom and ennui that comes with adolescence on the fringes.

Discussing the record, Welly states...



I could say something very clever about suburban tableuxs, provincial minuets, the motifs of traffic, dead end roads, big fish in small ponds, but that would be silly. This is the-first-painting going on the fridge. I’m very proud of this.

It’s fun, and music hasn’t been fun for a long time, especially British music. This is a lob in the right direction. It took six years to write and six weeks to record, the band and I did it all ourselves at my Dad’s house in Scotland.

It’s DIY, and not out of choice, but out of budget. Charity shop instruments, solid gold mentalities. There’s humour, too, such as the title track – out now, it’s a bubbly dose of acerbic pop that leaves a real impact.

Welly comment...

‘Big in the Suburbs’ is Suburban surf-rock. (Feeding-the-ducks-indie?) . This is the market stall for the album, the contents page, the intro sequence, the theme song.

Think the intro to ‘Thomas The Tank Engine’, we meet our motley crew in each verse – the neighbours, the foul families, the love interests, the ugly pets. “I wrote this in hospital after a seizure. The doctors don’t really know why.

But in between tests, in the waiting room of East Sussex General A and E, this chorus floated out. Maybe some divine intervention. Maybe too much white wine.

Live, Laugh, Love, Death’. Tune in now. Tracklisting: 1.

Big In The Suburbs 2. Home For The Weekend 3. Knock And Run 4.

Deere John 5. Soak Up The Culture 6. Shopping 7.

Cul-De-Sac 8. Pampas Grass 9. The Roundabout Racehorse 10.

Under Milk Wood 11. Family Photos 12. Country Cousins 13.

It’s Not Like This In France 14. Life Is A Motorway.