SKORTS detail new EP, Muse and the Marquee, alongside "Bad Habit" single

The six-track EP will be their second release and follows debut album Incompletement, which arrived at the end of last year. Four of the six new songs were not recorded until after Incompletement was released, and they describe Muse and the Marquee as an extension of that record rather than the start of a new era. "You can expect six very different types of songs on the new EP," the band said in a press statement.

They also said that "Bad Habit" marks a deliberate shift from the rock-first tracks that preceded it. "We play loud but we also play and write these softer, dreamier songs," they said. The chose the single to muddy expectations around where they're heading next.

The accompanying EP release show will be on 19 November at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn. Paper Lady and Truman Flyer are confirmed as support. Earlier this year, SKORTS supported Brigitte Calls Me Baby on a sold-out US tour before heading to Europe for a run of shows and their first ever UK tour.

The band formed after Alli Walls moved from Denver to NYC in 2021. After Walls met guitarist Char Smith at a local guitar shop, the pair began recording demos. They later connected with bassist Emma Welch outside a bar, with drummer Max Berdik completing the lineup. Their debut album, Incompletement, was recorded live across three Brooklyn practice spaces with friend and producer Teddy O’Mara.

Muse and the Marquee tracklist

"Amy"
"Headrush"
"Bad Habit"
"Western Skies"
"Pretty One (Opposites)"
"Tomorrow Land"