Lip Filler announce their forthcoming second EP, witchescrew

"followup is about impatience. Time is a precious thing; when we are told to wait for something sometimes we feel as though we’re not making any progress. We push ourselves to ensure we're occupying our time efficiently. Taking this to the extreme would mean avoiding sleep altogether, or sleepwalking. I think that’s how this song began to adopt more paranormal themes," the band explains.

"This song feels like a big turning point for us. I think we can all agree that this is the closest we’ve ever sounded to how we always wanted to sound. We’ve always tried to add an element of unpredictability to our music which followup captures really well. It’s always felt like a Frankenstein of a song; stitching it together was a nightmare. But what we ended up with feels like our most accomplished track to date."

Alongside the EP announcement, Lip Filler have announced a short run of June headline dates in London, Bristol and Manchester from 11-13 June.

The song's accompanying video was directed by Jude Harrison and edited by the band's own George Tucker. Speaking on the video, the band shared: "The singers in the video are kind of trapped in their locations on their own; they’re stuck and they can’t move out of them. There’s no real sense of time in the video either, similar to how your memories aren’t organised like a calendar; different times in your life feel shorter than others based on how you’re feeling. Time flies when you’re having fun, and vice versa. All of it is stitched together by our very own George Tucker, and huge credit to Jude Harrison for helping us bring all our ideas together."

The new EP's corresponding website witchescrew.net has existed since the release of the band's 2023 self-titled debut EP, originally created as an exclusive site accessible only by scanning a QR code on the back of the EP vinyl, it ended up becoming its own entity… "It’s a bizarre arrangement of words which creates a lot of mystery," the band note. "It lacks direct meaning, yet indirectly ties up well with a lot of lyrical themes. Many of the lyrics on this EP revolve around night-time and the paranormal, with references to sleepwalking in "followup" and a mention of the Old Hag in "Ashtray"; a creature commonly associated with phenomenon of sleep paralysis.

Tracklist:

1. CARLING
2. Its not deep
3. Ashtray
4. followup
5. Limelite