Rising star BVDLVD (pronounced ‘bad lad’) has just announced details of his new album ABSENCE. The 22-year-old explains that the record – which is due out on September 29 via Earache – “really is what it says on the tin”. “I’ve been missing,” he begins, honestly. “Finding my inner self post-COVID, dealing with substance abuse, coming to realise I’ve got severe anxiety and all of the faff a 22-year-old man has to deal with as a fresh adult in a dismal society. And all while somehow trying to maintain this ‘Bad Lad’ persona. I’m a self-taught college drop-out who failed his music GCSEs, so I’m always looking to prove how far I can take my music, despite being ‘ill-equipped’ in terms of what the British education system says I need to make it far in&nb...