Lime Backyard have dropped their newest single “Possibly Not Tonight”, and it reveals the Brighton-based four-piece stretching into new territory.
The monitor follows their 2024 debut album One Extra Factor and indicators one other step ahead for a band who’ve by no means been content material to remain nonetheless.
The brand new single itself sits someplace between their scrappier early cuts and the extra polished moments on the album.
There’s a restlessness operating by way of it, each lyrically and musically. Vocalist Chloe Howard navigates emotions of uncertainty with that acquainted supply of half-spoken observations that really feel like catching somebody mid-thought.
The monitor pulses with forward-motion: drums that lock right into a near-manic rhythm, guitars that sting with urgency, and synth-blur that evokes the electrical cost of a packed dance-floor.
Within the lyrics the band wrestle with temptation, doubt and the messy thrill of both giving in or standing agency.
The only arrives alongside information of a UK headline tour for March 2026, masking Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol and London (the London present is at Moth Membership). Tickets go on sale this Friday.
They’re already locked in for competition motion too, together with a confirmed look at Truck Pageant in Oxfordshire. A busy yr forward for them, clearly.
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What makes this one significantly fascinating is the way it positions them going ahead. One Extra Factor proved they may ship a cohesive album, and with ‘Possibly Not Tonight’ they’re making clear they gained’t merely repeat that system. There’s an urge for food right here for uncooked momentum.
For a band that emerged from the Guildford/Brighton scene and have grown steadily collectively, this transfer feels proper.
They’re not abandoning what labored earlier than; they’re merely refusing to coast. “Possibly Not Tonight” isn’t a radical reinvention, however it’s a transparent indication they’re nonetheless pushing, nonetheless determining what comes subsequent. That form of momentum issues.
“It’s the soundtrack to a girl on the sting of constructing all of the flawed selections, it seems like getting punched within the face with the morning after an evening out.” — the band on the brand new single.
