Salisbury indie rockers CARSICK are delighted to announce their second EP, Tough Luck, set for release on 5th September 2025 via Alcopop! Records.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sam Winfield and Tom Millar at Studio 91, Newbury, the new EP is the first collection of new material from the band since their warmly received debut EP Drunk Hymns in 2023.

To celebrate the news they’re sharing lead single ‘Backseat’ which is out now on all good digital service providers, and follows on from EP cut ‘Pub Watch’—a nihilistic anthem for the late stage capitalism generation—released earlier this year.

Commenting on the track, the band said: “‘Backseat’ is a song about getting stuck in the loop of living for the weekend. British culture has always encouraged giving your entire week to work and then spending every last bit of your wage packet at the pub once Friday hits. It’s easy to put your life into autopilot and endlessly repeat that cycle without realising it’s become a downward spiral. Sounds bleak, but luckily we’ve condensed that existential crisis into a catchy summer banger for you. Just don’t worry about it!”

Fresh from completing their own leg of Spring 2025 EU headline dates and supporting hot property Essex Brit-punk duo The Meffs on their recent UK headline dates, the band will be running the European festival gauntlet this summer at Rebellion Festival, Boomtown, Sziget, and are also delighted to announce Winter 2025 UK support dates with Pet Needs (see below for listings).

Their haywire live shows and no-holds-barred approach to the party lifestyle have garnered the band both notoriety and an increasingly ardent young fanbase, as evidenced by their notably packed out festival appearances last summer.

2024 was CARSICK’s biggest year so far, and saw them embarking on UK and EU headline shows, plus festival appearances at Reading & Leeds Festival, 2000 Trees, TRUCK, A Stone’s Throw, and more, with the band releasing their music-industry-baiting standalone single ‘Gig Tax’ to round out proceedings.

The band’s debut EP Drunk Hymns was released in 2023 in a standard digital edition and an extended 12” vinyl on Salisbury orange, featuring an exclusive Side B which contains all of the band’s previously digital-only release tracks.

Already marking themselves out as one of the keenest, hardest working new young bands on the indie circuit, it seems CARSICK aren’t about to put the brakes on their impressive work ethic or equally impressive dedication to the boozer any time soon, with further new music and live dates TBA for 2025.

CARSICKS’ new Tough Luck EP is released 5th September 2025 via Alcopop! Records

CARSICK 2025 Live Dates:

01 AUG – Rag City Festival, Fordingbridge
08 AUG – Rebellion Festival + Aftershow, Blackpool
09 AUG – Boomtown Festival, Winchester
11 AUG – Sziget Festival, Budapest
22 AUG – Obstwiesen Festival, Dornstadt
30 AUG – Getoese Festival, Rietberg
26 NOV – Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow *
27 NOV – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham *
28 NOV – The Deaf Institute, Manchester *
29 NOV – Thekla, Bristol *
04 DEC – The 1865, Southampton *

* w/ Pet Needs

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