Ahead of their UK shows next week, Pupil Slicer have released a pair of new tracks, the raging Heather and Black Scrawl. It’s the first new music from PS since 2023’s 5/5‑rated Blossom album, and the first peek at the band’s recently-completed follow-up, featuring the debut appearance from new bassist Luke Booth. On the meaning of the lyrics, singer/guitarist Kate Davies explains that both songs are more open than they’ve previously been, “exploring both my own experiences as a non-binary autistic person, as well as the more generalised treatment of many kinds of minorities as a whole.” “In Heather, [I’m singing about] the unique experience of your existence being used as a political tool and your rights cast aside for the goals of others, whilst ...