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Following the release of their recent frenetic and satirical single, ‘Depressed Beyond Tablets’ Scottish indie-punks Gallus have announced their brand new EP, "Cool To Drive" set to be released on 11 April via Marshall Records. The latest track, "Just Desserts" accompanies the announcement. The "Cool To Drive" EP sees Gallus up the attitude and tapping into their raw punk-driven sound. The EP demonstrates the band's heavier side, and it was produced, mixed, and mastered by Blair Crichton of Dead Pony.

“We're leaning much further into the punk end of the spectrum, and it feels very natural to us”, comments guitarist Eamon Ewins. “The energy in our live performances has always been there, but we feel that with this EP, our music is at its most visceral and raw. The lyrics are also written from the first-person perspective of semi-fictional characters. That decision was never conscious but plays to Barry's strengths as a former actor. The character-driven nature of it makes the EP almost feel like a mini-series.”

Speaking on their latest single "Just Desserts", vocalist Barry Dolan adds, “The title is taken from a fictitious band Eamon used to tweet about, giving updates about the various reasons they’ve had to pull out of all-day festivals and zine launch parties etc; a kind of aspirational, pretentious post-punk band whose failings were usually caused by their highly middle-class problems.

“As far as our experiences with the song, we wanted to highlight the tediousness of the music industry as one becomes ‘neck deep in their twenties.’ We believe today’s concept of “new sleaze for the 20s” will face trial like the indie-sleaze era of the early 2000s; it’s a perpetual cycle, and we’ve ‘seen it all before, and no one asked for more.’ We wanted to distil all the most unlikable elements of the bands we’ve encountered, the music industry, and ourselves into Just Desserts to poke fun at the whole game.”

Cool To Drive tracklist:

1. Cool To Drive
2. Depressed Beyond Tablets
3. Perfect Health
4. Just Desserts
5. It Bit