News: The Academic share single ‘My Very Best’ – album out February 10th

Irish 4-piece The Academic are proud to share ‘My Very Best’, the final single to be lifted from their forthcoming album and EMI debut Sitting Pretty.

On an album which packs storming stadium-ready choruses at every turn, ‘My Very Best’ pushes The Academic’s talent for refinement to the fore; with the percussive snap of 80s pop and the band’s eye for effervescent melodies providing the perfect vehicle for the subtleties of Craig Fitzgerald’s composed delivery.

“My Very Best is a song about coming up short. We wanted to write something that could encapsulate the heavy heartedness and cruelty of feeling like you can’t emotionally provide a relationship with what it needs to survive.” The band continue, “The song explores the inner turmoil and feelings of inadequacy this realisation can bring.”

WATCH ‘MY VERY BEST’ VIDEO HERE

Photo credit: Ed Cooke

Alongside ‘Sitting Pretty’s’ arrival, the band are excited to share four UK dates for February 2023 + EU dates, including a stop at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire for their biggest headline show outside of Ireland. Tickets are on sale via the band’s website.

Tickets available HERE

UK dates

10th February – Glasgow, Barrowlands

11th February – Manchester, Albert Hall

23rd February – Birmingham, O2 Institute

24th February – London, Shepherds Bush Empire

EU dates

27th February – Hamburg, Molotow Musikclub

28th February – Berlin, Pratchwerk

1st March – Munich, Orange House

3rd March – Paris, La Boule Noire

4th March – Amsterdam, Bitterzoet

5th March – Brussels, Botanique Witloofbar

6th March – Cologne, Helios 37

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Written by Backseat Mafia