The Bug Club has released “How to Be a Confidante,” the latest single from their forthcoming album Very Human Features. “How to Be a Confidante” does that-thing-The-Bug-Club-really-know-how-to-do where they speak as two voices from the same mind and pluck out common aspects of how we all live and make them sound ridiculous. The surreal is in the familiar, not in ignoring the familiar – The Bug Club knows this, and that understanding joins an unrelenting bassline in forming the backbone of this garage-infused belter.

“How to Be a Confidante” along with other tracks from Very Human Features and their previous Sub Pop release, 2024’s On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System by Means of Popular Music, or the Contemplation of Pretty Faces, Tinned Bubbles and Strife, as well as Some of their older songs.

The band is also announcing new North American dates with Sub Pop labelmates Omni, which begin Friday, June 13th in Montreal, QC at Cabaret Foufounes and run through Friday, June 27th in Philadelphia, PA at Johnny Brenda’s.

The Bug Club
Very Human Features
Sub Pop
Tracklisting:

1. Full Grown Man
2. Twirling in the Middle
3. Jealous Boy
4. Young Reader
5. Beep Boop Computers
6. Muck (Very Human Features)
7. When the Little Choo Choo Train
Toots His Little Horn
8. How to Be a Confidante
9. Living in the Future
10. Tales of a Visionary Teller
11. The Sound of Communism
12. Blame Me
13. Appropriate Emotions

The Bug Club 2025 Tour Dates

Tue. Apr. 29 – Brugge, BE – Cactus Club [Sold Out]
Wed. Apr. 30 – Eindhoven, NL – Altstadt
Thu. May 01 – Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje
Fri. May 02 – Utrecht, NL – De Nijverheid [Sold Out]
Sat. May 03 – Groningen, NL – Vera
Mon. May 05 – Berlin, DE – Privatclub
Tue. May 06 – Hamburg, DE – Molotow Skybar
Wed. May 07 – Köln, DE – Blue Shell
Fri. May 09 – Milan, IT – Arci Bellezza
Sat. May 10 – Ravenna, IT – Bronson
Tue. May 13 – Paris, FR – Supersonic
Wed. May 14 – Lille, FR – L’Aeronef
Thu. May 15 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape Festival @ Paganini Ballroom (Early)
Thu. May 15 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape Festival @ The Old Market (Late)
Sat. May 24 – Walton-on-Trent, UK – Bearded Theory, Festival
Sat. May 31 – Cheltenham, UK – Wychwood Festival
Fri. Jun. 13 – Montreal, QC – Cabaret Foufounes *
Sat. Jun. 14 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison *
Sun. Jun. 15 – Detroit, MI – Third Man Records *
Tue. Jun. 17 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *
Wed. Jun. 18 – St. Louis, MO – Sinkhole *
Thu. Jun. 19 – Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR *
Fri. Jun 20 – Nelsonville, OH – Nelsonville Art & Music Festival
Sat. Jun. 21 – Nelsonville, OH – Nelsonville Art & Music Festival
Mon. Jun. 23 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West *
Tue. Jun. 24 – Raleigh, NC – King’s *
Wed. Jun. 25 – Washington, DC- DC9 *
Thu. Jun. 26 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom*
Fri. Jun. 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s *
Sat. Jul. 26 – Thirsk, UK – Deer Shed Festival
Wed. Aug. 27 – Sheffield, UK – Don Valley Stadium ^
Fri. Aug. 29 – Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
Sat. Aug. 30 – Manchester, UK – Psych Fest
Sat. Sep. 13 – Burton-on-Trent, UK – Sonic Boom Festival

* w/ Omni
^ w/ Queens of the Stone Age