Glasgvegas return with the anthemic ‘Degüello’ and tell us about first album in six years, ‘Airy Fairy’

Glasvegas have returned with their first new music in six years, sharing the anthemic ‘Degüello’ from their “wiser” fifth album ‘Airy Fairy’. Check out all the details below along with our exclusive interview with frontman James Allan. Arriving on Friday April 2 before the Scottish indie veterans kick off an 11-date UK and Ireland tour, the “wiser” ‘Airy Fairy’ was written as a reaction to the frustrations experienced making 2021 predecessor ‘Godspeed‘. Capturing that sense of urgency is the epic launch single ‘Degüello’ (Spanish for ‘cutthroat’) – bittersweet in a classic Glasvegas spirit. “I first heard the word on an old film on TV, but I was using it more like a blanket expression for things that aren’t so good in my personality: my bad temper, a bad mood,” Allan told NME. “But the song is my elaborate plan of being something better. I’m setting off on a quest of trying to be a colourful rainbow…” He continued: “It’s a funny one, because this album seems to have everyone split on what their favourite songs are. Not only within the band, but also with our families, the record label and those who’ve heard the album. And several songs were floated as the first single, which I thin...