Courting drop playful new track ‘Tennis’ and share tour dates for this fall

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Courting have shared a playful and upbeat new track called ‘Tennis’. Listen to the “twisted” tongue in cheek single below.The Liverpool four-piece also shared a round of UK tour dates set for this September and October.

See the full list of dates below. Tickets are available here.“‘Tennis’ is a paypig’s personal redemption narrative, set in “the city”, and told in two parts,” the band said of their new track. “A twisted tale of two lovers’ back and forth, bound by cricket, bodybuilding and money.

A story as old as time.”Their newest single follows their 2021 EP, ‘Grand National.’ In the melodic hook-driven track, frontman Sean Murphy-O’Neill’s goes from monologuing to singing, at one point inquiring lyrically, “would you find me attractive if I had small muscles?”“We named the song Tennis as a logical (but unrelated) sequel to our two previously released sports-related songs,” the band added. “To us, this felt like a natural ending to that idea.

Dynamically, the second part of the song is supposed to represent a shift in tone for the character in which they realise their own worth and leave the situation that is set within the first part of the song.”Courting Fall Tour DatesSEPTEMBER20 – Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh21 – King Tuts, Glasgow23 – The Cluny, Newcastle24 – The Key Club, Leeds25 – Polar Bear Music Club, Hull27 – The Fulford Arms, York28 – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield29 – The Sugarmill, Stoke on Trent30 – Arts Club, LiverpoolOCTOBER04 – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham05 – The Exchange, Bristol06 – Cavern, Exeter07 – The Junction, Plymouth08 – The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth11 – The Joiners, Southampton12 – O2 Academy, Oxford13 – Facebar, Reading14 – The Boileroom, Guilford15 – The Green Door Store, Brighton18 – The.