The ‘Sugar Sweet’ Larkins release fan favourite as new single

Words: Sam Geary 

Premiered by Zane Lowe on Beats 1, Manchester band Larkins have released their new single ‘Sugar Sweet’ via Good Soldier Records.

The live fan favourite is an upbeat love song, featuring soaring synths and harmonies with a big arena-ready chorus.

“‘Sugar Sweet’ was always about a moment. The moment where nothing kinda turns to something," reveals frontman Josh Noble. "I wrote the main melody really early on as band and had the lyric in a notepad for years. Playing the track live we hadn’t appreciated how hard we wanted it to drop and we released that audiences were dropping with us. We had to do the track justice not only in production but how we presented the artwork, video and the story, so it only felt right to revisit it. The early version was cool but definitely felt unfinished. Now I feel like this is a really serious statement for us both sonically and visually.”

The video follows the first moments of a blossoming romance between two friends as the girls make an abandoned house their home.

Larkins have also announced a tiny headline show at Manchester's Deaf Institute on June 11. Following this the band will play their largest London headline show to date at Dingwalls on June 19, before their autumn tour sees them embark on an extensive 16-date UK headline run. Tickets for all shows are available now via larkinsband.com



Live dates

JUNE
11 Manchester, Deaf Institute
19 London, Dingwalls

OCTOBER
13 Liverpool, Zanzibar
14 Stoke, Sugarmill
16 Derby, The Venue
17 Tunbridge Wells, The Forum
18 Bournemouth, The Anvil
21 Southampton, Joiners
22 Bristol, Rough Trade
23 Exeter, Cavern
24 Brighton, The Pipeline
29 Leeds, Wardrobe
31 Glasgow, King Tuts

NOVEMBER
01 Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
03 Newcastle, Think Tank?
04 Nottingham, Bodega
06 Birmingham, The Sunflower Lounge
08 Leicester, Duffy’s Bar