His Lordship return with new single "I Fly Planes into Hurricanes"
Following last year’s explosive, no frills self-titled debut album, in keeping with the fast-paced punk rock spirit that’s His Lordship’s creed, today the potent two-piece return with new single I Fly Planes Into Hurricanes.
Clocking in at just a little over two minutes, I Fly Planes Into Hurricanes is a fiery single, combining hotrodding riffs with shambolic drums and fuzzed-out guitar. Hurtling along at breakneck speed, it’s a taster of what to expect from the band’s second album “Bored Animal”, which will spring from the traps on 20 June.
Conceived and recorded live in under two weeks at Edwyn Collins’ studio in the Highlands of Scotland, with engineer Sean Reed and mixed by David Wrench (Manic Street Preachers, Let’s Eat Grandma, Blur, Baxter Dury), for “Bored Animal” His Lordship decided to streamline their sound—forgoing things like harmonies, a rockabilly influence, and songs over four minutes long—and didn’t worry about making the music perfect.
Check out the official video below:
The resultant album crams multiple ideas into its 11 concise songs. On opening title track, clanging guitars and drums rattle the speakers before the song takes off like a screaming bottle rocket.
From there, guitarist/vocalist James Walbourne and drummer Kris Sonne race through ferocious songs with clever lyrics, which lean into scorching rock ‘n’ roll (the abrasive Old Romantic, needling Downertown), distorted punk (the ramshackle Marc-Andre Léclerc), tornadic noise rock (Weirdo in the Park), throttling garage-blues riffs and feral howls (sub-three-minute The Sadness of King Kong), and even psychedelic fantasias (Derek E. Fudge).
As with their debut, “Bored Animal” makes room for an instrumental (the album-closing Western noir Gin and Fog) and Sonne contributes lead vocals to a track (the aforementioned Derek E. Fudge).
And while “Bored Animal”s songs take cues from vintage rock ‘n’ roll, the album is decidedly not a retro rehash or homage to the past. When His Lordship make music, their mighty, rambunctious roar emerges naturally, realising that to leave something that’s a mistake is where the magic is.
More than anything, His Lordship embrace the idea everything is fleeting, so the best way to live – and make music – is to seize the day, trust their instincts and aim to deliver on the promise of early rock’n’roll: in and at ‘em songs which do not outstay their welcome, just leave the listener viscerally thrilled, confused and hungry for more. “Bored Animal” delivers on that promise.
“Bored Animal” tracklist
Bored Animal
Marc-Andre Léclerc
Old Romantic
Johnny Got No Beef
Derek E. Fudge
Downertown
12-12-21
Weirdo In The Park
The Sadness Of King Kong
10. I Fly Planes Into Hurricanes
11. Gin and Fog
“Bored Animal” will be out on 20th June via Psychonaut Sounds on vinyl and CD, digital and on streaming platforms, and is available to pre-save / pre-order now HERE
Photos (c) Ki Price
And His Lordship are kicking off a short European and US tour in June, with a stop off at the Hoxton Town Hall in London on 21st June. we caught His Lordship on their last tour at the Bodega in Nottingham, in November 2023, and it was one of our shows of the year. A non-stop high octane performance, His Lordship are a live experience not to miss. Check out our thoughts and gallery HERE.
His Lordship June 2025 Tour Dates
10th Paris – Supersonic
13th Madrid – Sala Clamores
19th Berlin – Marie-Antoinette
21st London – Hoxton Town Hall
24th New York – TV Eye
26th Los Angeles – Permanent Records Roadhouse
Tickets for all dates are available on the band’s website HERE
