{"id":28991,"date":"2026-09-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28991"},"modified":"2026-09-11T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:58:42","slug":"split-dogs-race-back-with-new-single-speed-demon-out-now-via-venn-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28991","title":{"rendered":"Split Dogs race back with new single \u2018Speed Demon\u2019 &#8211; out now via Venn Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New album \u2018Nice N\u2019 Rough\u2019 set for release September 25<sup>th<\/sup> via Venn Records<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pre-order <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/nicenrough\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Record shop instore tour starts this month<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>EU tour with Canadian rockers Danko Jones confirmed for October<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe sound of trouble.\u201d<\/em> <strong>Iggy Pop BBC 6MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAs a listener you are left with an unshakable feeling that this is the type of record British music has needed for some time.\u201d<\/em> <strong>CLASH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIrrepressible, irresistible \u2013 their essential manual for street level rock thrills.\u201d<\/em> <strong>Kerrang!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Split_Dogs-Speed-Demon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Split_Dogs-Speed-Demon-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Split_Dogs-Speed-Demon-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Split_Dogs-Speed-Demon-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Split_Dogs-Speed-Demon-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Split_Dogs-Speed-Demon.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Set to release their stomping new album \u2018Nice N\u2019 Rough\u2019 on September 25<sup>th<\/sup> via Venn Records, Split Dogs are a band with their collective feet permanently pressed hard on the accelerator pedal, racing back with new single \u2018Speed Demon\u2019. Already notorious for their heroic approach to touring, it\u2019s only right that \u2018Speed Demon\u2019 was born on the road, as singer Harry Martinez explains\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe documented a lot of our European tour last year, so decided to use that footage to create a tour diary style music video. The song is our love letter to life on the road \u2014something we, as a band, have always loved doing.<br><br>\u201cA lot of the video features footage from Freak Show in Essen,\u201d continues Harry. \u201cWe\u2019ve played there a few times, first on the &#8220;Here to Destroy Europe&#8221; tour and most recently during our German tour. It is one of our favourite places in the world\u2014beautiful, full of heart, and somewhere that needs to be seen to be believed. Massive thanks to the owners, Benny and Ela, for their unwavering love of fast rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll, counterculture, and each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPLIT DOGS - SPEED DEMON (OFFICIAL VIDEO)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QalOMxFJYa0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2026 has already seen Split Dogs complete their own UK headline tour, before multiple festival appearances, a headline German tour in July, a string of instore performances in September (ticket link <a href=\"https:\/\/tix.to\/nicenrough\">HERE<\/a>) and an EU tour with Canadian rockers Danko Jones in October. This all comes off the back of a massive tour with Gogol Bordello in 2025 and gigs with Bad Nerves, Teen Mortgage and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New album \u2018Nice N\u2019 Rough\u2019 was recorded at The Station House, a recording studio based in a repurposed Victorian police station in Leeds, Split Dogs quickly discovered the studio also boasts one of the country&#8217;s finest VHS collections. Fuelled with classics like &#8216;Heavy Metal&#8217;, &#8216;Nightmare on Elm Street&#8217;, and a Tina Turner live tape, the Bristol based four-piece went to work capturing their sophomore&nbsp;album, &#8216;Nice N&#8217; Rough&#8217;, with producer Jonah Falco (High Vis, Rifle, and drummer of Canadian punks Fucked Up) and engineer James Atkinson (formerly of seminal hardcore band Voorhees).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is thirteen thumping tracks featuring lightning-fast guitar licks, raspy hooks and cues from greats like Plasmatics, New York Dolls, Mot\u00f6rhead and The Stooges. Front-person Harry Martinez delivers a larger-than-life, undeniable rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll performance, injecting the band&#8217;s reputable live energy straight into the vocal booth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catch Split Dogs live at the following dates in 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INSTORE PERFORMANCES<br>25-Sep-2026 UK Leeds Crash Records<br>26-Sep-2026 UK Glasgow Blitzkrieg<br>27-Sep-2026 UK Liverpool Rough Trade<br>28-Sep-2026 UK Coventry Just Dropped in<br>29-Sep-2026 UK Bristol Rough Trade<br>30-Sep-2026 UK Nottingham Rough Trade<br>01-Oct-2026 UK Rough Trade East<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TOUR W\/ DANKO JONES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12-Oct-2026 GER Potsdam Waschhaus<br>13-Oct-2026 GER Nurnberg L\u00f6wensaal<br>14-Oct-2026 AT Wien Flex<br>15-Oct-2026 HU Budapest A38<br>16-Oct-2026 ROM Bucharest Quantic<br>17-Oct-2026 Bulg Sofia &nbsp; Pirotska 5 Event Center<br>19-Oct-2026 ROM Cluj Form Space<br>21-Oct-2026 Cro Zagreb Vintage Industrial Bar<br>22-Oct-2026 Slov Ljubljana Kino Siska<br>23-Oct-2026 AT Salzburg Rockhouse<br>24-Oct-2026 CH Rubingen Muhle Hunzinken<br>25-Oct-2026 CH Zurich Dynamo<br>27-Oct-2026 GER Oberhausen Turbinenhalle 2<br>28-Oct-2026 B Ghent Handelsbeurs<br>29-Oct-2026 GER Frankfurt Batschkapp<br>30-Oct-2026 NL Haarlem Patronaat<br>31-Oct-2026 NL Tilburg Next Stage<br>01-Nov-2026 NL Leuwaarden Neusoorn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPAIN HEADLINE TOUR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24-Nov-2026 Barcelona, Upload<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25-Nov-2026 Zaragoza, Rock &amp; Blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26-Nov-2026 Madrid, Nazca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27-Nov-2026 Avil\u00e9s, Factor\u00eda Cultural<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28-Nov-2026 Vitoria-Gastiez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Find Split Dogs online<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/splitdogs\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New album \u2018Nice N\u2019 Rough\u2019 set for release September 25th via Venn Records Pre-order HERE: Record shop instore tour starts this month EU tour with Canadian rockers Danko Jones confirmed for October \u201cThe sound of trouble.\u201d Iggy Pop BBC 6MUSIC \u201cAs a listener you are left with an unshakable feeling that this is the type [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28994,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28991\/revisions\/28994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}