will release new album ‘Compañero’ on March 12th.

The band returned over summer with their ARIA-nominated single ‘Things Take Time’, before revealing more extensive plans for new material.

Working right here in the UK, new album ‘Compañero’ was built across sessions at Decoy Studios alongside in-house engineer Robert Sellens and additional sessions at Redchurch, Urchin, Hoxa and Cloud 9, the band’s affectionate name for the mini-studio in Hobden’s backyard.

Aiming for a live sound, Gang Of Youths refuse to shy away from the darkness, but this is merged with a growing appreciation for the light.

Out on March 12th with a full UK tour arranged, the band lea the way with ‘Benny’s Video’.

“I think we’ve established by now that mortality and death are never going to be far from the surface of a Gang Of Youths song, but the prism through which they’re observed has shifted,” says violinist and multi-instrumentalist Tom Hobden. “You might as well face death with a wry smile, because you can’t outrun it. The darkness doesn’t need to diminish the warmth, and the warmth doesn’t have to disguise the darkness. There’s no reason a record about death shouldn’t also be a celebration of being alive, however ridiculous and unremarkable that might sometimes be.”

Tune in now.