The Bug Club are sharing “Appropriate Emotions,” the track is off the UK’s forthcoming album Very Human Features, available June 13th via Sub Pop. The track tackles expectations and comparisons, with a loud-quiet-loud structure reflecting the ups-and-downs and outbursts unavoidable in frustration and anger. “Appropriate Emotions” manages to be deeply relatable while making its singers sound about as removed from the human experience as possible and perhaps that’s why it’s relatable.

The Bug Club is currently on the road supporting 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. PLUS! Some of their older songs. Tonight, Wednesday, May 14th they’ll headline L’Aeronef in Lille, France, before a short UK festival run May 15th-May 31st, which includes two appearances at The Great Escape Festival.

Then in June, the band will pair up with Sub Pop label mates Omni for a month-long trek beginning Friday, June 13th in Montreal, QC at Cabaret Foufounes and running through Friday, June 27th in Philadelphia, PA at Johnny Brenda’s.

From July 26th-September 13th, the Bug Club will hit the UK festival circuit once again, with stops at Deershed Festival (Jul. 26th), Utrecht, NL’s Loose Ends Festival, End of the Road Festiva, Manchester’s Psych Fest, and Sonic Boom Festival. They’ll also support Queens of the Stone Age in Sheffield (Aug. 27th).

The Bug Club
Very Human Features
Sub Pop Records

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

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
Sat. Aug. 23 – Utrecht, NL – Loose Ends 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

Pre-order Very Human Features by The Bug Club HERE