{"id":2084541,"date":"2026-08-08T18:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084541"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:59:08","slug":"the-guest-list-tear-apart-the-monotony-of-the-every-day-on-anthemic-new-single-mundane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084541","title":{"rendered":"The Guest List tear apart \u201cthe monotony of the every day\u201d on anthemic new single \u2018Mundane\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the_guest_list_Vlad_Woodham_Smith_Plastic_Fruit_Studios.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">The Guest List tear apart \u201cthe monotony of the every day\u201d on anthemic new single \u2018Mundane\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Manchester indie band&#8217;s debut album &#8216;Something Real&#8217; is out later this month<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-08T19:59:08+01:00\">8th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the_guest_list_Vlad_Woodham_Smith_Plastic_Fruit_Studios-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"the_guest_list_Vlad_Woodham_Smith_Plastic_Fruit_Studios\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">The Guest List. CREDIT: Vlad Woodham Smith @ Plastic Fruit Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Guest List\u00a0have\u00a0shared their\u00a0monotony-busting and anthemic new single \u2018Mundane\u2019\u00a0\u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The track is the latest taste of the Manchester indie five-piece\u2019s\u00a0forthcoming\u00a0debut album \u2018Something Real\u2018, which is set to be released on August 28. Pre-order\/pre-save the record\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Mundane\u2019 follows on from the\u00a0previous\u00a0singles \u2018You Should Care\u2018, \u2018If Ever Your Devil Is Kind\u2018 and\u00a0the album\u2019s title track, and it sees\u00a0frontman\u00a0Cai Alty\u00a0cathartically\u00a0singing about the small frustrations of bland and repetitive everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the official\u00a0visualiser\u00a0for the song here:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Guest List - Mundane\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2j637IaAIo4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Alty has said: \u201cThe main riff for this song came to me a couple years ago. I remember thinking it was the grungiest thing I had ever written. The lyrics are about the monotony of the\u00a0every day\u00a0\u2013 fitting curtains, soaking dishes, etc. All things that can start to drive us mad when\u00a0life becomes too predictable. The song is an outlet for pent-up bitterness without telling us to rip up the script entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Something Real\u2019 was recorded in Norway with Matias Tellez and produced in part by\u00a0The Coral\u2018s James Skelly. Across the 12 songs, The Guest List balance weighty themes of mental health, climate change and domestic violence with moments of vulnerability and resilience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe album is\u00a0basically us\u00a0saying, \u2018we\u2019re young, we\u2019re confused just like you \u2013 how did we get here?\u2019\u201d Alty explained. \u201cIt\u2019s about trying to find something meaningful in a world that often feels overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Guest List formed in 2021 and released their debut EP \u2018When\u00a0The\u00a0Lights Are Out\u2019 last year. Since then, they have supported\u00a0Blossoms\u00a0and\u00a0Inhaler,\u00a0and they will be at\u00a0Reading &amp; Leeds\u00a0and\u00a0Victorious\u00a0later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Their UK and European headline tour begins in\u00a0Brussels\u00a0on October 20, with the UK leg kicking off in Newcastle on November 17, with a London Scala show on November 24. See the full list of dates\u00a0here\u00a0and find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Indie<\/li>\n<li>The Guest List<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_93 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" 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check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The track is the latest taste of the Manchester indie five-piece\u2019s\u00a0forthcoming\u00a0debut album \u2018Something Real\u2018, which is set to be released on August 28. Pre-order\/pre-save the record\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Mundane\u2019 follows on from the\u00a0previous\u00a0singles \u2018You Should Care\u2018, \u2018If Ever Your Devil Is Kind\u2018 and\u00a0the album\u2019s title track, and it sees\u00a0frontman\u00a0Cai Alty\u00a0cathartically\u00a0singing about the small frustrations of bland and repetitive everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the official\u00a0visualiser\u00a0for the song here:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Guest List - Mundane\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2j637IaAIo4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Alty has said: \u201cThe main riff for this song came to me a couple years ago. I remember thinking it was the grungiest thing I had ever written. The lyrics are about the monotony of the\u00a0every day\u00a0\u2013 fitting curtains, soaking dishes, etc. All things that can start to drive us mad when\u00a0life becomes too predictable. The song is an outlet for pent-up bitterness without telling us to rip up the script entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Something Real\u2019 was recorded in Norway with Matias Tellez and produced in part by\u00a0The Coral\u2018s James Skelly. Across the 12 songs, The Guest List balance weighty themes of mental health, climate change and domestic violence with moments of vulnerability and resilience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe album is\u00a0basically us\u00a0saying, \u2018we\u2019re young, we\u2019re confused just like you \u2013 how did we get here?\u2019\u201d Alty explained. \u201cIt\u2019s about trying to find something meaningful in a world that often feels overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Guest List formed in 2021 and released their debut EP \u2018When\u00a0The\u00a0Lights Are Out\u2019 last year. Since then, they have supported\u00a0Blossoms\u00a0and\u00a0Inhaler,\u00a0and they will be at\u00a0Reading &amp; Leeds\u00a0and\u00a0Victorious\u00a0later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Their UK and European headline tour begins in\u00a0Brussels\u00a0on October 20, with the UK leg kicking off in Newcastle on November 17, with a London Scala show on November 24. See the full list of dates\u00a0here\u00a0and find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-guest-list-tear-apart-the-monotony-of-the-every-day-on-anthemic-new-single-mundane-3961528&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the_guest_list_Vlad_Woodham_Smith_Plastic_Fruit_Studios.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News The Guest List tear apart \u201cthe monotony of the every day\u201d on anthemic new single \u2018Mundane\u2019 The Manchester indie band&#8217;s debut album &#8216;Something Real&#8217; is out later this month By Max Pilley 8th August 2026 The Guest List. CREDIT: Vlad Woodham Smith @ Plastic Fruit Studios The Guest List\u00a0have\u00a0shared their\u00a0monotony-busting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2084541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2084541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2084541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2084541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2084541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}