HENGE share new single "Brains"
Attention Humans! Cosmic rave-prog outfit HENGE return with Brains, out on the 23rd October, the first single from their fifth studio album “Humans”, arriving on the 29th January 2027. The new album is available to pre-order now HERE.
Where previous album ‘Journey to Voltus B’ took listeners to a distant planet, ‘HUMANS’plants HENGE firmly on Earth, with its apex inhabitants as the subject.
"Human beings are intriguing to us," says HENGE front creature Zpor. "Your capacity for abstract thought, your creativity, is nothing short of astonishing.”
Lead single Brains channels rave and electro, powered by trouser-flapping bass from Venusian bass maestro Brother Goo. Groove-centric and casually delivered, it features a guitar solo that sounds like it is ripping through the fabric of the universe.
"The human brain is truly a thing of wonder, and I naturally felt compelled to write an ode to it" explains Zpor.
The single follows a huge year for the band, with clips of DNA and Mushroom One racking up over 20 million views across platforms. “Humans” will be accompanied by a world tour of 80+ dates across 25 countries, including the band's first shows in North America and Asia. Find the band’s UK dates below.
Check out the official video for Brains on YouTube below:
Extra-terrestrial joymongers HENGE have been delighting audiences on Planet Earth for over a decade, earning an Association of Independent Festivals 'Live Act of the Year' award and legions of fans along the way. They have four acclaimed albums and their own comic book series to their name. Their last album, “Journey to Voltus B”, sold out headline shows across the UK and Europe and earned support from BBC 6 Music's Stuart Maconie, Deb Grant and Craig Charles.
Their music occupies a space between rave and prog rock that nobody knew existed: energetic, subversive and invigoratingly playful, leaving audiences amused and uplifted in equal measure.
HENGE UK TOUR DATES
12 December 2026 - Frome - Cheese & Grain
10 March 2027 - Southampton - The 1865
11 March 2027 - Exeter - Phoenix
12 March 2027 - Cardiff - The Globe
13 March 2027 - Bristol - Trinity
14 March 2027 - Birmingham - The Castle & Falcon
17 March 2027 - Sheffield - Crookes Social Club
18 March 2027 - Cambridge - Cambridge Junction
19 March 2027 - Brighton - Chalk
20 March 2027 - London - Village Underground
21 March 2027 - Norwich - The Waterfront
23 Mar 2027 - Old Fire Station, Carlisle
24 March 2027 - Glasgow - Saint Luke’s
25 March 2027 - Newcastle - The Grove
26 March 2027 - Manchester - New Century
27 March 2027 - Leeds - Brudenell Social Club
31 March 2027 - Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
1 April 2027 - Liverpool - The Invisible Wind Factory
Tour tickets are available now HERE
