Man/Woman/Chainsaw have announced their debut album ‘Cannonball’, due 7th August on Fiction Records, alongside new single ‘Nosedive’.
The London six-piece formed at 16 and spent their early years writing songs in a converted vicarage. Their trajectory since has been steep: 2025 brought two sold-out UK tours, sell-outs at London’s Scala, live sessions for KEXP and BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq, and a debut SXSW appearance. The Guardian called them “a young British art-punk six-piece who revel in taut chaos and wry lyrics.” Lamacq was more direct: “I won’t lie, I fucking love this band.”
‘Nosedive’ is the clearest indication yet of where ‘Cannonball’ is headed. Nearly six minutes long and produced by Seth Evans and Margo Broom, who between them have worked with Geordie Greep, Black Midi, Fat White Family and Big Joanie, it sits as comfortably alongside LCD Soundsystem as it does in the art-punk scene the band emerged from.
Lead vocalist Emmie-Mae has described the song as being about “longing for both comfort and freedom simultaneously in a relationship through the metaphor of being an injured bird needing shelter”, adding that turning it into a danceable track shifts the tone “as though you find a way to pick yourself up and fly away.”
The 11-track album was recorded at RAK Studios and aims for something grander than the band’s early work: clean, theatrical, emotionally direct. Drummer Lola Cherry has described the intent simply: “We were talking about having a whole record of bangers, having everything be really in your face.” Man/Woman/Chainsaw are Billy Ward (vocals, guitars), Emmie-Mae Avery (vocals, keys/synths), Vera Leppanen (vocals, bass), Clio Harwood (violin), Lola Cherry (drums) and Billy Doyle (guitars).
A UK and Ireland headline tour follows in September and October.
21 May – Bi Nuu Club, Berlin
22 May – Orange Blossom Special Festival, Beverungen
23 May – Maifeld Derby Festival, Mannheim
4 Jul – Rock Werchter Festival, Werchter
24 Jul – Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk
25 Jul – Latitude Festival, Southwold
27 Aug – Canela Party, Torremolinos
29 Aug – Rock En Seine, Paris
12 Sep – Misty Fields Festival, Asten-Heusden
19 Sep – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
20 Sep – Whelan’s, Dublin
22 Sep – Gorilla, Manchester
23 Sep – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
24 Sep – The Grove, Newcastle
25 Sep – King Tut’s, Glasgow
26 Sep – Float Along Festival, Sheffield
29 Sep – The Boileroom, Guildford
30 Sep – Concorde 2, Brighton
1 Oct – The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
2 Oct – Thekla, Bristol
3 Oct – The Globe, Cardiff
5 Oct – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
6 Oct – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
7 Oct – Electric Ballroom, London
