Belfast act New Pagans have shared details about their debut album ‘The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All’ – out March 19^th via Big Scary Monsters.

The quintet won ‘Best Live Act’ at last year’s NI Music Prize and have caught the attention of the likes of Steve Lamacq, Jack Saunders and John Kennedy thanks to singles such as Yellow Room, Admire and Charlie Has the Face of a Saint.

The announcement of ‘The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All’ is accompanied by the release of new single ‘Christian Boys’, which confronts men’s failure to live up to their public personas in their private lives. The track was inspired by the experiences of a friend of lead singer Lyndsey McDougall, who was having an affair with a Christian leader in Northern Ireland in the lead up to his marriage to a virgin bride.

“This is shocking but what is more disturbing is that it hadn’t been the first-time similar stories had emerged. When these men were confronted, they all stated that the women were to blame, it had been their fault, they were the sinners and had led the Christian men astray.

“This song calls out the people who blame others for their mistakes and don’t take responsibility for their own actions. Lyndsey knows that some of the lyrics in the song could be considered controversial, but she has grown up around Christian men and believes that this conversation needs to happen, it shouldn’t be off limits.”

‘The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All’  out March 19^th via Big Scary Monsters is available to pre-order here. Full tracklist below album artwork.

Tracklisting:

1. It’s Darker
2. Bloody Soil
3. Charlie Has the Face of a Saint
4. I Could Die
5. Lily Yeats
6. Admire
7. Harbour
8. Yellow Room
9. Ode to None
10. Natural Beauty
11. Christian Boys