BREAKUP HAIRCUT
With their long-awaited second album, No Worries If Not, DIY pop-punksters Breakup Haircut return with a joyous collection of songs that pushes their sound further: sharper and tighter, but messy in all the right places.A punchy and emotionally layered collection that ricochets from resentment to resilience, from burnouts to breakups. Throughout, the band blends their distinctive and feisty high-impact hooks with unexpectedly vulnerable songwriting, making it clear they’re not afraid to be loud and honest.
Includes the singles: The Algorithm Is Trying To Kill Me, I’m Okay (I Lied) and Spite! Spite! Spite!
What kind of band are you?
“Mostly loud…”
“It’s sharper, tighter and messier in the right places,” explain Breakup Haircut of No Worries If Not! “We’ve worked with each other long enough to skip past the polite stuff and go straight to the real ideas. There’s still joy in it, but there’s frustration too – songs about imposter syndrome, getting ghosted by friends, watching men take up all the air in the room. Less sad, more mad. We wanted the recordings to hold all of that tension and make it feel immediate.”
“It’s garage rock. Literally. We recorded it in a garage. A week before we started, Jordan cleared it out and found a mummified bird and a thriving ecosystem of mould. Classic omen. We scrubbed it out, built a massive blanket fort to record in, and then Marvin (our ride-or-die producer) told us the fort was sonically cursed and made us tear it down and rebuild it. He was right. It hurt.
“We’re trying to move away from chasing gold stars and more toward joy, silliness, and being in the flow. Improving our craft in a way that feels playful, not punishing. We also wanted to open the door a bit wider and grow beyond the DIY scene without forgetting where we came from. Accept inspiration from outside, say yes when people offer help, and let ourselves dream a little bigger while still keeping things weird.
“So we were exploring new sounds and new ways of working together, on writing in the moment—being present and seeing what stuck (and sometimes what didn’t) and we love what came out of our trust in the vision together.”
PRESS
“High energy and wryly expressed emotions, a band gaining confidence, polishing the edges, and truly growing” – Popoptica
“The best name for a band ever! I love them”
– Amy Lamé, Six Music
“Pop-punk with infectious harmonies” Jo Bailey, Phoenix98 FM
“Won the hearts and minds of all they’ve touched with their DIY punk goodness”
– Loud Women
“High-energy, high-spirited pop-punk, sometimes a little bit spooky, always a joy” – Joyzine
“Joyous lo-fi punk with witty lyrics that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face” – Get In Her Ears
Breakup Haircut formed for First Timers Fest with two simple goals: be friends and play fast. Since then, the sometimes-pop-sometimes-punk band (FFO: The Beths, The Mountain Goats, Blink-182) has grown from a DIY experiment into a fixture of the London indie scene. They’ve supported Big Joanie and The Wedding Present, played Southbank Centre and London Short Film Fest, and featured everywhere from BBC 6Music to Made in Chelsea. Alongside their musical output, the band remains deeply embedded in the London DIY community, helping to organise First Timers, Girls Rock! London, and Decolonise Fest.
Their debut LP Punk Dancing for Self Defence was championed by Loud Women, Clash, Get In Her Ears, and gal-dem, landing in multiple end-of-year lists and earning them a shortlist for the Loud Women Hercury Prize. Now they’re back with a second album that pushes their sound further: sharper and tighter, but messy in all the right places. This is about leaning into joy, silliness, and trust: in each other, in the process, in the songs. They recorded it in a literal garage (mummified, decaying bird and all), recording DIY-style with their longtime engineer Marvin living on-site for a week of chaos, cowbells, and comfort food.
The result is a punchy and emotionally layered collection that ricochets from resentment to resilience, from burnouts to breakups. Throughout, the band blends high-impact hooks with unexpectedly vulnerable songwriting, making it clear they’re not afraid to be loud and honest. No Worries If Not! is a love letter to the messy, joyful, exhausting, chaotic experience of making music with your friends.
Breakup Haircut are:
Vox and rhythm guitar – Ishani
Bass and vox – Ripley
Lead guitar and vox – Delphine
Drums – Jordan