“I’m just a big fat loser”: pyncher announce I Really Mean It This Time EP with new single
Manchester four-piece pyncher have confirmed details of a new EP, I Really Mean It This Time, and shared the lead single “Oh Boy”. The record arrives on 19 June via Heist or Hit, the cult label home to Westside Cowboy and Her’s.
The EP was recorded with producer Alex Greaves at The Nave in Leeds and arrives as pyncher settle into a revitalised pocket of Manchester’s guitar scene, routinely mentioned alongside Westside Cowboy, TTSSFU, and Martial Arts. The band - lead vocalist Sam Blakeley, guitarist Harvey O’Toole, bassist Brittany Dewhurst, and drummer Jack Rainbow - have already picked up airplay on BBC 6 Music and played the station’s Manchester festival earlier this year.
“Oh Boy” finds the group thickening the scuzzy blueprint laid down on their debut EP Every Town Needs a Stranger, released in October 2025. Speaking
about the track, Blakeley says it pulls from illegible
feelings. “This song is about feelings I can’t really explain. I feel
disconnected from people a lot, and it’s about the cyclical patterns
that can come from being unable to communicate properly.”
The
announcement also brings new live dates. pyncher will mark the release
with a show at London’s Shacklewell Arms on 19 June, then head out on a
UK and European tour supporting The Sophs before festival stops
including Rotterdam’s Left of the Dial in October.
I Really Mean It This Time is released on 19 June via Heist or Hit
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