Dream Wife share title track & music video before album release

London-based trio Dream Wife – vocalist Rakel Mjöll (she/her), guitarist Alice Go (she/her), bassist Bella Podpadec (they/them) – will release their electrifying third album, “Social Lubrication”, this Friday, June 9th via Lucky Number.

On June 6th, the band unveiled the final single ahead of their album release, the disco-leaning title track. “Social Lubrication” serves as a rally against the patriarchy as they call out unsolicited advice and gendered violence. “Exhausted. Done with being polite, done with sugar coating, placating, and pandering to patriarchal bullshit. Wanting to just exist, in this body without being pigeon-holed or judged for the bodies we exist in. Do the job well. Show up. Not play other people’s games. You can’t fix something rotten to the core – we need revolution not reform,” note the band on the track. The single is out alongside a self-made music video from the band with influences spanning from their album art to the Yellow Jackets opening sequence. Watch HERE.

Social Lubrication is an entirely self-written album, produced by Alice Go (of Dream Wife) alongside Matthew Peel, mixed by duo Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Killers, Depeche Mode) and Caesar Edmunds (Wet Leg, Beach House). The album finds the band once again playfully tackling big subjects like bodily autonomy, dismantling the patriarchy and using your platform for the greater good, while truly translating the visceral nature of their riotous live shows to tape for the first time. Social Lubrication follows their UK Top 20 breakthrough with their sophomore record So When You Gonna…. What came next was remixes for the likes of Rina Sawayama, Nova Twins and Porridge Radio, and international touring at festivals such as Lollapalooza (US), Laneway (AU), Summersonic (JP), Primavera (ES) and Pitchfork (FR) as well as opening slots for Garbage, The Kills, and even the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park.

Dream Wife have come a long way since their 2018 self-titled debut. Their last album, smashed the Official UK Top 20 album charts (the only indie album recorded and produced by all women at the time to do so), and earned them universal praise and countless sold-out shows Alongside their accolades, however, Dream Wife have always advocated for upholding the community on a truly ground level and paying it forward. Proceeds from direct digital sales of So When You Gonna… went to Black Minds Matter and Gendered Intelligence. In 2021, the band released a megamix for Rainbow Mind, a mental health charity for LGBTQIA people, with contributions from Shirley Manson, The Big Moon, Big Joanie and Girli among others.

Pre-order Social Lubrication HERE

Tour Dates (US in bold)

May 20 – Cardiff, UK @ Celebrate This Place

May 26 – Saint-Brieuc, France @ Festival Art Rock

June 3 – London, UK @ Troxy supporting Le Tigre

June 12 – Kingston, UK @ Banquet

June 13 – Brighton, UK @ Resident

June 14 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East

July 9 – Glasgow, UK @ TRNSMT Festival

July 14 – Austurvegur, Iceland @ LungA Festival

July 21 – Huntingdon, UK @ Secret Garden Party

July 23 – Ireland, UK @ Forest Fest Music & Arts Festival 

July 28 – Thirsk, UK @ Deer Shed Festival

September 15 – Brooklyn, NY, USA @ Brooklyn Made

September 17 – Portland, OR, USA @ Mississippi Studios

September 18 – Seattle, WA, USA @ Barboza

September 20 – San Francisco, CA, USA @ Bottom Of The Hill

September 21 – Los Angeles, CA, USA @ Zebulon

October 5 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall

October 6 – Birmingham, UK @ Castle & Falcon

October 7 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew

October 8 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

October 9 – Dublin, Ireland @ The Grand Social

October 11 – Limerick, Ireland @ Dolans

October 12 – Galway, Ireland @ Roisin Dubh 

October 14 – Glasgow, UK @ The Garage

October 19 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton

November 6 – Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival Paris