Sorry have returned with their new track, 'JIVE', a song that has become an integral part of their live show over the past two years.
The song is their second of 2025, following on from ‘Jetplane’ and their acclaimed 2024 mini-odyssey, ‘Waxwing’, which both reached the BBC 6 Music B-List.
‘JIVE’ is a culmination of all the elements that have made Sorry one of the most innovative British groups of the past ten years. The song is built around a nagging, sticky hook that sits somewhere between alienation and catharsis, with Asha Lorenz’ vocals spanning loneliness, urgency and desire. The instrumentation moves from measured to raging in the blink of an eye with digital squalls pressing against churning guitars. ‘JIVE’ is a track of thrilling contradictions and continues Sorry’s remarkable hot-streak of singles.
Listen to ‘JIVE’ on Shoot Music New Releases.
Sorry say: “’It’s all in our hands isn’t it? jive is a dance between choices.”
“Light jive dark good jive black ice light steam bad jive good plain jive joy ice cream you jive pain red yellow green blue pink purple orange velvet rope ripe rose ash sand yellow soap water sky I feel. So so I feel wanna live I’ve built up up down down jive jive on a horse in a seat belt jive.Jive in a star in the strawberry moon shoot it up in a clown that could swing jive smile so it reigns in the town.”
The release of ‘JIVE’ follows a busy period for Sorry, who have recently completed a full UK tour performing not only tracks from their debut album 925 and its follow-up Anywhere But Here, but also road testing a string of new material that goes far beyond where the group have gone before. The band are set to perform at Glastonbury at the end of the month, their first performance at the festival since 2022.
