TOY CAR – APRIL – NEW SINGLE RELEASE

Liverpool alt-rock risers, Toy Car, confront silence and emotional distance on soaring and swaggering new Britpop inspired single April.

Toy Car emerged as one of Liverpool’s most promising alternative acts long before the anticipated release of ‘Cream’ last November, generating a reputation as a compelling live force capable of translating raw emotion into unforgettable performances. Graduating naturally from the local live scene to the big stages of Y Not Festival and the Isle of Wight Festival, the waves made on the road became reflective of hype elsewhere, including repeated plays on BBC Radio 1 and Radio X and a sync feature on hit domestic TV series, Made in Chelsea.

The New single ‘April’ is a track packed full of swagger and intention. melodic britpop inspired verses are coupled with a fuzzing high energy guitar driven sound. The tracks twists and turns at pace resulting in a thrilling roller coaster of sound.

Wrestling with the quiet tensions of communication, patience, and emotional distance, the track focuses on the fragile moments that shape modern relationships while capturing the band at their most immediate and anthemic.

Rooted in the riffy swagger of radio-friendly 90s Britpop, while it’s sense of nostalgia is sharpened by Toy Car’s contemporary, raw intensity, April pairs massive, driving guitars with gravelly vocal hooks designed for packed venues and late-night indie dancefloors. With the fuzzy melodic punch of Blur, Weezer, Ocean Colour Scene, Cage The Elephant and Pixies, the track marks a confident step forward as the band build on the foundations laid by their debut release.

Lyrically built around the slow erosion of connection, where reassurance, frustration, and unspoken thoughts leave to irretrievable loose ends, ‘April’ is the band’s first cut of new music this year and catapults Toy Car further into an optimistic 2026 of more new music and live dates. Having road-tested the song during their album tour, Toy Car approached the studio with unstoppable momentum, resulting in a recording that feels alive, restless, and unfiltered.

Frontman, Shaun Hough says: “’April’ is about being in a relationship with someone who internalises everything and struggles to communicate. It touches on reassurance, frustration, and patience, with recurring ideas of things slipping or peeling away to reflect how connection gradually erodes.”

The release of their debut album ‘Cream’ found Toy Car delivering on the promise that they’d showed by generating such influential support and committing to the road miles of nationwide gigging. With new dates being pencilled in, more and bigger audiences will soon discover the band’s flair for balancing emotionally candid lyricism with frequently explosive guitar-led musicianship.

Recorded and mixed by Sugar House Productions, responsible for releases by artists including The K’s, Viola Beach, Corella, The Feens and many more, and mastered by Graeme Lynch (Ladytron, The Coral, Brooke Combe), April captures the sustained immediacy of a band still eager to move further forward, capturing the urgency that defined their debut year.

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