UK band Welly have today shared new single “Deere John”. The track follows recent London shows at The Century Club and Third Man Records, as well as upcoming dates at Latitude Festival and more. The track follows previous singles “Shopping” and “Soak Up The Culture”,

Welly himself introduces ‘Deere John’ as “a story about a bloke who is sleeping around, and is in way over his head. I won’t give away too much of the plot (…as it gives clues to other new songs…) so have fun reading into that how you will. This is the best example of parochial British songwriting that I have yet to offer: Albarn, Dury, Turner, they all wrote about what they saw out of their bedroom window, and I try and write about what I see over the garden fence. ‘Deere John’ was originally found on my Live dissertation EP, which I got a 2:1 for. I’ll let the public decide this time.”

The band’s front-man, songwriter and producer listened to six songs on a loop as a kid. A love of Hanif Kureshi or Alan Bennett unlocked an obsession for Pop music in 2014, when Welly’s Dad sat him down to watch the video to “Common People” by Pulp and it became clear that you could apply such a lens to what’s in the charts, too. Currently satisfying his people-watching itch with work as a green-grocer. First single “Shopping”, for instance, was a riotous love-letter to the UK high street, as fascinated by modern consumerism as the left-field bangers of Girls Aloud. “Soak Up The Culture”, meanwhile, both sends-up and pays loving tribute to the Lads-On-Tour anthem, with its cast of characters each in pursuit of escape, a brief moment in the sun.

Welly are rallying a young audience likewise in search of something different (and something fun). The band’s hilarious Instagram Reels have quickly gone viral, with work that takes little too seriously but is also deeply sincere: here are songs about wanting more than you have, generational tensions, and figuring out how to be happy under the nose of your neighbour.

Welly 2024 Tour Dates

20.07.24 || Hamburg || Health Bells Festival
26.07.24 || Southwold || Latitude Festival
03.08.24 || London || Dork’s Day Out (Signature Brew)
04.08.24 || Milton Keynes || Multitude Festival (Crauford Arms)
24.08.24 || Portsmouth || Victorious Festival

order “Deere John” HERE