Earlier this year, These New Puritans, the UK art-pop team of Jack and George Barnett, returned with Crooked Wing, their first new album since the pre-pandemic days. Now, as These New Puritans get ready for a quick European tour, they’ve shared a song from the album sessions that didn’t make it onto the record.
These New Puritans is not a Red Hot Chili Peppers cover, which you can tell because it’s not called “Otherside.” You might think that Chili Peppers song is called “The Other Side,” but no, you fool, you absolute bungler, it’s just “Otherside.” Everyone knows that. Instead, the new TNP track is a quiet, wordless, impressionistic track that’s mostly built on a Jack Barnett’s piano improvisation.
In a press release, George Barnett says, “It’s one of the most minimal songs we’ve ever done — just Jack on piano, improvised live, me on drums, and soprano. It’s eaten at me that it hasn’t seen the light of day before now as it’s Jack at his best.” For his part, Jack describes the song as “what we could have sounded like in another time and another place.” Below, check out “The Other Side” and These New Puritans’ upcoming tour dates.
TOUR DATES:
11/12 – London, UK @ Village UndergroundÂ
11/16 – Eindhoven, Netherlands @Â EffenaarÂ
11/18 – Copenhagen, Denmark @Â LoppenÂ
11/19 – Hamburg, Germany @Â KampagnelÂ
11/20 – Berlin, Germany @ LidoÂ
11/22 – Bern, Switzerland @ Full of LavaÂ
2/11 – Lisbon, Portugal @Â B.LezaÂ
2/12 – Faro, Portugal @ Teatro das FigurasÂ
2/13 – Penafiel, Portugal @Â Ponto CÂ
2/14 – Espinho, Portugal @ Auditorio de EspinhoÂ
6/06 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera SoundÂ
“The Other Side” is out now on Domino. According to George Barnett, These New Puritans will release another new song called “Speed” after the Crooked Wing tour, and it “starts with the sound of galloping horses.”
