U.K. punk band Pet Needs, have released a new single, “Sleep When I’m Dead.” This track is their latest off of their upcoming album, Intermittent Fast Living, set to release February 6 via Xtra Mile Recordings. This album gives a nod to the relentless and breathless lifestyle that Pet Needs have found themselves living in recent times.
Preorder Intermittent Fast Living here.
Stream “Sleep When I’m Dead” here.
Jake Deemer-Evans directed the music video for “Sleep When I’m Dead.” It’s an invigorating clash full of buzzsaw melodies and carpe diem ideologies with inspiration from many lost nights in sticky boozers and living for what tomorrow brings.
Johnny Marriott on “Sleep When I’m Dead”:
“We wanted to subvert the tired rock n’ roll ‘I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead!’ mentality and celebrate both the million-mile-an-hour touring lifestyle and, well, being in our own beds, too! When you’re on the road for months, you pine for home. When you’re at home, you’re always thinking ahead to the next tour. To us, this is the ultimate Intermittent Fast Living song: sing-along, high energy, filterless reality. Sex, drugs, booze, snooze. Perfect!”
Pet Needs began as a humble bedroom band by brothers Johnny and George Marriott, later bringing in Jack and Ryan. The band’s career sky-rocketed ever since the release of their debut album, Fractured Party Music, released back in 2021. They’ve had many successes from getting signed to sold out shows to rave reviews to rabid fans. They’ve even embarked on extensive global tours with artists such as Frank Turner, The Hives, The Lottery Winners, Skinny Listers, and more.
However, after being strapped into the roller coaster of living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle whilst attempting to balance a steady family life is doesn’t come without challenges, Johnny describes it as “a dream-like tornado.”
Johnny Marriott on work-life balance:
“In the last 18 months, we have been catapulted from steady jobs and playing in our small town local bars to world tours at a million miles an hour. The life we’d grown accustomed to is constantly thrown behind us until it disappears into the distance in our rearview mirror. We thunder forward, show by show, adventure by adventure, until (normal life) returns as a speck on the horizon like an oasis in the desert. Then suddenly we’re home again. I sit content on the sofa with a beer, my wife and our new little puppy wondering what the hell just happened for the last three months.”
