Sports Team – Medium Machine & Boys These Days Deluxe

Okay, here’s a breakdown of teh key details from the article about Sports Team‘s deluxe album, “Boys These days ⁢(Deluxe)”:

Key Information:

* Album: Boys These Days (Deluxe) – an expanded version of their third studio album.
* Release: The original Boys These Days was released in May. The deluxe edition is being released with new tracks.
* new Single: “Bonnie” is the current single, with lyrics including “But I don’t care if you ‍love me/ I don’t care if you tell me you love me/ I don’t care ⁢if you want me to love you.”
*⁢ Music Video: The “Bonnie” music video is directed by Kris Rimmer and features the band performing as teenagers in their bedrooms, interspersed with dreamlike scenes.
* ⁤ New Tracks: The deluxe edition includes seven new tracks: ‘Pet ⁢Sounds’, ‘Living in Skin’, ‘Shoegazr’, ‘In America’, ‘Dog Country’, ‘Germany’.
* Songwriting Context: ⁢ The new songs⁤ were written around the same time as the original album’s demos but didn’t initially fit. They ⁢explored diffrent sonic territories.
* Influences/Styles:

* ⁣ Electro-clash: “Living In ⁤Skin” and “In America” were inspired by The ‍Dare’s ‘Girls’ and early 2000s Kitsune compilations (“Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes”).
⁣ * ⁤ Prefab sprout: Some tracks were influenced by Prefab Sprout.
* Shoegaze: “Shoegazr” aimed for a⁤ Drop Nineteens sound⁢ but might resemble Miike Snow.
* “dog Country”: Was once a working title for the album⁤ and intended to represent suburbia.
* tracklist: (See the full tracklist in the original text)
* Review: NME gave the original Boys These Days ⁤ album a four-star review, praising its embrace of childlike nature in a divided world.

In essence, the ⁢article details the release of a deluxe version of Sports Team’s album, offering insight into the band’s creative process, the influences behind the⁢ new tracks, and the story of how these ⁢songs came to⁢ be included.