{"id":2264877,"date":"2026-02-03T16:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2264877"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:01:46","slug":"mandy-indiana-drop-intense-new-single-sicko-featuring-billy-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mandy-indiana-drop-intense-new-single-sicko-featuring-billy-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy, Indiana drop intense new single &#8216;Sicko!&#8217; featuring Billy Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mandy-indiana\">Mandy, Indiana<\/a> have shared the latest single from their upcoming album \u2018Urgh\u2019 \u2013 listen to \u2018Sicko!\u2019 featuring rapper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/billy-woods\">Billy Woods<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-radar\/mandy-indiana-interview-ive-seen-a-way-debut-album-radar-3427851\">Mandy, Indiana are the beating heart of Manchester\u2019s DIY scene<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The track, which is built on a pounding techno framework, sees Woods\u2019 vocals arrive over the top of an intense, industrial-adjacent sound to make something different from the previous singles the four-piece have shared from the album: \u2018Magazine\u2019 and \u2018Cursive\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Of working with Woods, one half of the duo, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/armand-hammer\">Armand Hammer<\/a>, said: \u201cWe wanted to create something with an artist we love, who\u2019s been inspiring to us. Woods is such a unique voice in hip-hop, his words are so expressive and this track definitely adds a different dimension to the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song\u2019s video, meanwhile, is a collaborative effort for which seven different filmmakers worked on a 30-second segment each \u2013 check it out here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mandy, Indiana feat. billy woods - Sicko! (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QLhd_TRMgM0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSocial media has changed the way we consume art and music, often meaning that we rarely see a full music video in the way it was intended to be experienced.\u201d the band said of the video. \u201cFor \u2018Sicko!\u2019 we wanted to try something different, leaning into the way people consume art on social platforms. We asked creators to make 30osecond films based around \u2018sickness\u2019 as a theme, drawing inspiration from the track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an experiment to see what a music video might be like if we present distinct, often conflicting, visual styles side-by-side. The videos were then matched with different sections of the track in a sequence that felt right. By moving through and watching each short, you will hear the full song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Urgh\u2019 is out on Friday (February 6), and it\u2019s available to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/URGHMandy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-order and pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The album saw all four members of the Manchester-via-Berlin band involved in the songwriting process, with guitarist Scott Fair producing the album alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gilla-band\">Gilla Band<\/a> bassist Daniel Fox. It was written during a residency at a studio house on the outskirts of Leeds and recorded across Berlin and Manchester during a period in which both vocalist Valentine Caulfield and drummer Alex Macdougall underwent multiple rounds of surgery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mandy, Indiana - Cursive (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BUn7Cu74pWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The experience influenced Caulfield\u2019s writing on an album that\u2019s both personal and reflective of the state of the world, her lyrics dealing with topics including \u201csexual assault, systemic indifference and the omnipresence of pain\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The band are heading out on tour next month, too, with four UK dates including a show at London\u2019s Heaven. Eight European dates follow in April, including shows in Paris and Berlin \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fmandy-indiana-tickets%2Fartist%2F5388084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mandy, Indiana\u2019s 2026 UK and European tour dates are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>MARCH<\/strong><br \/><strong>25 \u2013 Heaven, London, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>28 \u2013 Room 2, Glasgow, UK<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 Rough Trade Liverpool, Liverpool, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>APRIL<\/strong><br \/><strong>8 \u2013 Les 4 Ecluses, Dunkirk, France<\/strong><br \/><strong>9 \u2013 Petit Bain, Paris, France<\/strong><br \/><strong>12 \u2013 Bumann&amp;Sohn, Cologne, Germany<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Huset, Copenhagen, Denmark<\/strong><br \/><strong>15 \u2013 Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany<\/strong><br \/><strong>16 \u2013 MS Stubnitz, Hamburg, Germany<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Roadburn, Tilburg, Netherlands<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Motel Mozaique, Rotterdam, Netherlands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>NME<\/i> named \u2018Urgh\u2019 one of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/new-anticipated-album-releases-2026-3920523\">most anticipated album releases of 2026<\/a>, writing: \u201cMandy, Indiana\u2019s second album \u2013 and first for respected New York label Sacred Bones \u2013 isn\u2019t for the faint-hearted. In the first 10 minutes alone, it clatters and clangs, erupts with vocalist Valentine Caulfield\u2019s chilling howls, and takes things to the edge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there are also moments of lightness, of melody, of the thrill of four people\u2019s ideas becoming one boundaryless force, setting \u2018Urgh\u2019 up as an early contender for one of 2026\u2019s most intriguing records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band released their debut album, \u2018I\u2019ve Seen A Way\u2019, in 2023. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-radar\/mandy-indiana-interview-ive-seen-a-way-debut-album-radar-3427851\"><i>NME<\/i> wrote that the album \u201cglows with experimental, urgent post-punk that champions resistance and chaos,\u201d<\/a> adding: \u201cThere\u2019s an epic, cinematic scope to the way synths and drums clash and pulse, a dark blockbuster of discordant noise. There are apocalyptic flood siren sounds, and noises that sound like a wounded creature from a monster movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandy, Indiana have shared the latest single from their upcoming album \u2018Urgh\u2019 \u2013 listen to \u2018Sicko!\u2019 featuring rapper Billy Woods\u00a0here. 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