Walt Disco Share New Track ‘Don’t Do This Alone’ and Announce UK Tour
By WALT DISCO
Share new track, ‘Don’t Do This Alone’
In-Stores & Headline UK Tour also announced
Self-titled new album – walt disco – out October 2nd via EMI North
“A testament to the glorious multifacetedness of existing beyond the binary” – DIY Magazine
“One of the most intriguing outfits on the UK’s alternative scene” – Rolling Stone UK
“An expansive feat of pop maximalism” – CLASH Magazine
“There hasn’t been a band like this in some time” – Gay Times
walt disco have today shared brand new track ‘Don’t Do This Alone’ – a moving highlight from their upcoming, self-titled album, out October 2nd on EMI North. walt disco launched alongside latest single ‘Lies’ (the band’s second consecutive 6Music playlist), having been teased this spring with the thrilling ‘Coup de foudre’, and intimate dates around the UK. With festivals like Iceland Airwaves still to come, further shows have today been announced for early 2027, including London’s Colours and a homecoming performance at Glasgow’s iconic King Tuts next January.
‘Don’t Do This Alone’ sees walt disco shift into cinematic territory. Modular synths and swelling choral arrangements frame a personal confession over obsession, and its day-to-day impacts. The track reflects a period of spiralling – drinking, identity struggles, and the overwhelming process of transition – ultimately landing on a simple but vital message: ask for help. Frontwoman Jocelyn further explains, ‘Don’t Do This Alone’ is “a song about the desperation of hunger and want that can eat you up, and the hope that comes from admitting you need help from those you love”.
Set for release next month, walt disco is a fearlessly ambitious alt-rock album that could come from no other band. With a palette ranging from Smashing Pumpkins and Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Cocteau Twins, the album sees walt disco turn years’ worth of graft to their artistic advantage; songs grapple with the disorientation of growing up (amidst gender dysphoria, changing relationships, a volatile industry) but eventually land in a place of gratitude and acceptance. No mere rebirth, walt disco is something harder won: theirs is a continuation, which turns doubt, evolving personal identities and the turmoil of your twenties into art worth living. The irony of ending up with a self-titled album – a band name they almost walked away from entirely – is lost on none of them.
It’s a point that walt disco have – in their own unpredictable way – always been working towards. Their debut album, Unlearning, was released in 2022, scoring enormous buzz and award nominations (including Best Independent Album at the AIM Awards). Touring took them from the likes of Glastonbury and SXSW to support slots in arenas around the world, alongside cultural co-signs from Charles Jeffrey and Louboutin. On the band’s second album, The Warping, walt disco felt as if they’d lost momentum, and were at a crossroads in their lives and careers. Yet giving voice to such anxieties has undeniably shifted something in the five-piece: the album’s first single, ‘Coup de foudre’, is an exhilarating and unexpected jolt of 2000s dancefloor intensity, both lustful in energy and liberated in spirit. ‘Lies’, meanwhile, is a deceptively bittersweet portrayal of doubt, as true to Jocelyn’s struggles with self-worth as a trans person as it is of creatives putting on a brave face.
Now signed to Leeds-based label EMI North, walt disco’s new era is deeply rooted in Scotland’s thriving creative underground, with Glasgow-based collaborators that have helped them articulate their vision with confidence and intent. Joceyln wears a custom-made breastplate made entirely out of repurposed bike tyres in the ‘Coup de foudre’ video, as the album’s rubber, unzipped art similarly nods to that idea of materials made fresh. walt disco holds all such experiences – within bands, relationships, the body – in its reach, with the ultimate message in its latest offering: whatever life throws at you, ‘Don’t Do This Alone’.
Upcoming Live Dates:
September 30th – Assai, Dundee
October 1st – Assai, Glasgow
October 2nd – Banquet, Kingston, London
October 3rd – DIY Alive @ EartH, London
October 3rd – Twisterella Festival, Middlesbrough [headliner]
October 4th – Wax & Beans, Bury
October 5th – Rough Trade East, London
October 17th – Rough Trade, Bristol
October 20th – EMI North Mercury Fringe Showcase @ The Grove, Newcastle
October 31st – Dark Arts @ Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
Headline Tour:
January 25th – Nottingham, Bodega
January 29th – London, Colours
January 31st – Bristol, The Louisiana
February 1st – Hull, Polar Bear
February 3rd – Manchester, SOUP
February 4th – Glasgow, King Tut’s
walt disco tracklist:
1. My Body Knows When To Run
2. Lies
3. Never New
4. Warmface
5. Don’t Do This Alone
6. New Friends
7. Coup de foudre
8. Total Surprise Machine
9. Look Out For Me
10. My Body’s Still Mine
11. Wonderland