Mandy, Indiana have dropped “Sicko!,” a blistering new single featuring billy woods and the final preview of their forthcoming album URGH, out Friday via Sacred Bones (pre-order here). Built on a cold, relentless techno pulse, the track fuses the Manchester band’s punishing post-punk assault with woods’ unmistakable, incisive delivery, pushing both artists into darker, more confrontational territory.
The accompanying video leans into fragmentation and overload. Conceived as a multi-director collaboration, seven filmmakers each contributed a 30-second visual responding to the theme of “sickness,” released as both an interactive carousel and a full-length video (carousel below – full-length video here). The band says the format reflects how music is increasingly consumed online, turning the act of scrolling into a way of experiencing the entire song.
“We wanted to create something with an artist we love,” the band said of collaborating with woods. “He’s such a unique voice in hip hop — his words are so expressive, and this track adds a different dimension to the record.”
“Sicko!” arrives amid mounting anticipation for URGH, which expands on the feral intensity of Mandy, Indiana’s 2023 debut i’ve seen a way. Co-produced and co-mixed by guitarist Scott Fair and Daniel Fox of Gilla Band, the album was written during an intense residency outside Leeds and recorded across Berlin and Greater Manchester, shaped by personal trauma and physical recovery. Vocalist Valentine Caulfield’s lyrics — delivered largely in French — confront sexual assault, systemic indifference, and the omnipresence of pain, transforming private anguish into a visceral call to endurance. Their previous single, “Cursive,” made our list of “Top Ten Songs of January”.
Following the album’s release, Mandy, Indiana will tour across Europe this spring, with dates in London, Paris, Berlin, and beyond.
Mandy, Indiana Tour Dates
Wed. March 25 – London, UK @ Heaven *
Fri. March 27 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club *
Sat. March 28 – Glasgow, UK @ Room 2 *
Sun. March 29 – Liverpool, UK @ Rough Trade Liverpool
Wed. April 8 – Dunkirk, FR @ Les 4 Ecluses
Thu. April 9 – Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
Sun. April 12 – Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn
Tue. April 14 – Copenhagen, DK @ Huset
Wed. April 15 – Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree
Thu. April 16 – Hamburg, DE @ MS Stubnitz
Fri. April 17 – Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn
Sat. April 18 – Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
* = with The Null Club
