Swansea Sound’s Toxic Energy is described as a punk song, a pop song. It’s also a duet between Terry Hall* and Elon Musk. Terry (Hue Williams) still fears for his safety on the streets of the concrete jungle. Elon (Amelia Fletcher) does his best to make Terry’s anxieties worse. The strange sound at the end of the song is a recording of a Tesla Cybertruck accelerating, losing control, and exploding. The B-side, Dinosaur Bones, is a short song about species extinction.

The cassette comes in two versions, both with very special artwork. Mark James has designed the UK/German version for Skep Wax and Formosa Punk. Jimmy Ulvenes has designed the US version for Sm Craft Advisory.

*Terry Hall RIP. The Specials’ 1979 track ‘Concrete Jungle’ was a perfect, honest expression of fear of neo-Nazis on the streets of the UK. Terry later became famous in the US as the co-writer of ‘Our Lips Are Sealed’ with Jane Wiedlin. We salute him.

Swansea Sound reunite Hue Williams and Amelia Fletcher, the original singers of cult 1990s UK indie band The Pooh Sticks. Quickly becoming a popular fixture on the UK indie scene, Swansea Sound have released two acclaimed albums (Live At the Rum Puncheon and Twentieth Century), and have recently recorded live sessions for 6Music (UK) and WFMU (US), as well as completing a tour of the US East Coast.

The single arrives ahead a tour of West Coast tour in October and UK in November/ December.The band includes Hue and Amelia playing off each other, sometimes duetting, sometimes harmonising, with Rob Pursey, Bob Collins, and Ian Button.

Track 1: TOXIC ENERGY
Track 2: DINOSAUR BONES

2024 Tour Dates

14 Oct: Olympia WA, Capitol Theatre (TICKETS​)​
15 Oct: Seattle WA, Tractor Tavern (Sold out​)
16 Oct: Portland OR, Mississippi Studios (Sold out​)
18 Oct: San Francisco CA, Rickshaw Stop (Sold out​)
19 Oct: San Francisco CA, Rickshaw Stop
16 Nov: Cambridge, Blue Moon (Sold out​)
23 Nov: Bristol, Thunderbolt
24 Nov: Oxford, Jericho Tavern
25 Nov: Brighton, The Albert
29 Nov: Leicester, Firebug
30 Nov: Sheffield, The Shakespeare
01 Dec: Coventry, Just Dropped In
14 Dec: Rainham, The Oast
15 Dec: Folkestone, Twentieth Century Speedway
21 Dec: Cardiff, Moon Club
22 Dec: London, Lexington

Order “Toxic Energy” and “Dinosaur Bones” HERE