SOUTH ARCADE RELEASE NEW EP PLAY!
Rising UK alt-pop band South Arcade make a big statement with the release of PLAY!, a five-track EP that bursts with undeniable confidence, energy, and a newfound sense of emotion. PLAY! captures the sound of a band fully coming into their own, fierce, honest, and unfiltered. PLAY! is out now via BKM Artists and LAB Records in partnership with Atlantic Records.
Listen to PLAY! HERE.
PLAY! features their latest singles, "FEAR OF HEIGHTS," and Radio 1 favorite "Supermodels," as well as "Drive Myself Home." Mixed by Adam Hawkins, the EP also features two unheard songs: "Bleed Out" and "Blood Run Warm." Standing out as an anthem, "Bleed Out" has razor-sharp melodies and an explosive ending. "Blood Run Warm" was featured as the Hottest Record on Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders and offers vulnerability and reflection, showing an alternative side to the four-piece. It’s heartfelt yet simultaneously haunting, serving as a testament to the band's growing emotional depth.
PLAY! comes during the band's biggest UK and Ireland tour to date, where they have played some of their largest headline shows, including London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town tonight. South Arcade are rising at an incredible rate and are showing no signs of slowing down. They have been announced to be a part of huge festival line-ups in 2026, including iconic rock festival Download alongside headliners Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park, as well as a slot at TRNSMT Festival.
Speaking of the EP, the band says, "PLAY! is an EP almost entirely written on the road whilst we have been out touring this year! So the tracks on this have definitely been inspired by what we think the crowds will like live and what we think people will like in our future sets. It's a super fun EP and definitely shows us trying more genres that exist within the Y2K sphere and can't wait to hear what people think! The title came from the idea of playing all these shows back to back and keeping the energy up! Whilst also toying with the idea of pressing play on a movie or playing video games which is what life has kinda felt like for all of us at the minute!"