Millie Manders and the Shutup are back with yet another powerhouse of a single, “Age Disgracefully”. The song takes a wonderfully deep dig at the beauty industry with a justified rage. Millie and the band have developed so much since their early years. They started as a great ska punk band and now they are simply a great band. Millie writes protest songs that matter, which cut to the heart of an issue and always work well. On top of all that the hooks here are perfect and the song won’t let you go. In the verses Millie’s vocal delivery occasionally reminded me of the late, great Poly Styrene. It hits hard enough to crease heavily botoxed skin! Remember products like Botox are toxins, don’t do it people, just listen to this and age disgracefully like all the best people do. I think age disgracefully is my new mantra, I even bought an age disgracefully t-shirt the last time I saw Millie Manders and the Shutup live, at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool in August!
The band are currently partway through their Age Disgracefully Tour, with plenty more UK dates to come (see below). The dates are in more intimate venues than in the recent past. Support will come via The Empty Page from Manchester; Bugeye from London; TOAST from the South West; and Tokyo Taboo from London. Speaking about the tour Millie said “Coming back to grassroots venues with a smaller capacity than we have been playing recently is going to be so wonderfully intense and intimate. We will be bringing our melting pot of party and rage as we Age Disgracefully in a time that is so unforgiving in so many ways.” If you have never experienced Millie Manders and the Shutup live, get yourself a ticket now you will not regret it!
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