Courting share new single and music video for "After You" taken from their new album Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’ via Lower Third.
Liverpool's Courting unveil their first new music of 2025 with the release of "After You," the second single from their highly anticipated third album, Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’, set to arrive on March 14 via Lower Third.
"After You" follows the atmospheric first single, "Pause At You," offering another glimpse into the layered world of Lust for Life... Together, these tracks form a compelling duo, connected by their sonic DNA - a concept that weaves eloquently throughout the whole album.
Both songs employ the same synth-driven stylings and evoke a shared sense of anxiety and paranoia. While "Pause At You" bursts with frenetic energy and dance-punk grooves, "After You" pushes the tension further, delivering a visceral, heavy-hitting intensity.
Lust for Life... marks a daring evolution for Courting. Renowned for blending raw indie anthems with experimental boundary-pushing, the album condenses its creativity into eight meticulously crafted tracks designed to make an immediate impact. Frontman Sean Murphy-O’Neill describes the album as "direct and succinct," with the goal to "hit everyone in the face and leave."
The duality of Lust for Life... is exemplified in these first two singles. Building on the anxious energy of "Pause At You", "After You" stands out with its driving rhythm section and immersive production, creating an unsettling unease that lingers.
The track encapsulates the album’s essence, particularly through the lyric: "can we split off in groups of two?"
Speaking about the single, Murphy-O’Neill says:
""After You" was the first song that we wrote for Lust for Life. It is an exercise in direct songwriting, an attempt to create something very straightforward.
We wanted the wall of guitars and the drums to feel almost hypnotic. A lot of the album is about the idea of duality, and lyrically - the song can be read in either a stalkerish voice or aromantic voice. It’s all up to you."
The official music video for "After You", was directed by longtime collaborator Charlie Barclay-Harris. The video's stark black-and-white aesthetic amplifies the album’s preoccupation with dichotomy.
From March, Courting will commence on a 9-day run of UK shows starting on March 15th in Leeds' Belgrave Music Hall and ending on April 9th at Hackney's Oslo.
Full dates for the UK tour are below and tickets are available here now.
Live Dates
15th March - Leeds - Dark Arts at Belgrave Music Hall
31st March - Newcastle, The Grove
1st April - Glasgow - SWG3 (Warehouse)
3rd April - Nottingham - The Bodega
4th April - Manchester - Gorilla
5th April - Sheffield - Yellow Arch Studio
7th April - Bristol - Thekla
8th April - Birmingham - Mama Roux's
9th April - London - Oslo
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Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
Out March 14th via Lower Third