ART BRUT + bis: Opposites Attract
(Alcopop! Recordings)
7″ / DL / Streaming
Available 12th December 2025
Art Brut + bis announce split 7” collaboration, Sorry About That, with the lead single Opposites Attract out now in a bid to reach No 1 in the Xmas Vinyl Single Chart!
Everyones favourite “sprechgesangers” Art Brut team up with indie pop icons bis for a split 7” release Sorry About That, setting its sights on the vinyl singles chart Christmas No 1. The lead single, Opposites Attract, a cover of Paula Abdul’s storming 1988 hit, is out now flanked on the full 7” by Cass Elliot cover Make Your Own Kind of Music. In addition the EP also includes the two bands alternating cover duties of their own tracks Teen-C Power and My Little Brother.
“Please buy this absolute thunderdome of a vinyl from any of your favourite record stores or via our website to help Art Brut and bis (and to a lesser extent, Paula Abdul and Cass Elliot) to top the pop charts this Christmas,” says Alcopop! label boss Jack Clothier. “Don’t worry about the digital though. Download it for free. Give it to your worst enemies. Whatever you like…”
Commenting on the collaboration, Art Brut front man Eddie Argos says: “I can’t believe I managed to manipulate this into existence—I’ve been collecting bis 7” for more than half my life! And now I’m on one! The cherry on the cake, or the Angel on the Christmas tree if you like, would be to have it as No. 1 in the indie 7” chart on Christmas Day. A modest ambition! Bis TOTP! (and they were actually on it!).”
Eddie and Art Brut kick off next year with an extensive run of UK/EU support dates with Newcastle indie darlings Maximo Park as part of their debut’s 20th anniversary celebrations, before crossing the Atlantic to conquer America on their own run of April 2026 USA headline dates, including a 3 night run at New York’s legendary Mercury Lounge venue.
Manda Rin, Sci-Fi Steven and John Disco, meanwhile, move into their 31st year of being bis with a cheeky, euphoric take on Paula Abdul classic Opposites Attract with a classically sardonic appearance from Argos, and Steven doing his best MC Skat Kat on this electro-punk banger aimed squarely at the indie dancefloor.
“The song was a massive hit in 1990 and although technically nowhere near as cool as the Inspiral Carpets and 808 State, every member of the band would admit to cutting a rug to it at the Woodfarm High School Xmas Disco,” adds Sci-Fi Steven.
The band’s first new release since 2022 also sees them imprint their signature sound on a cover of Art Brut’s My Little Brother with Manda Rin’s iconic sing/shout making it sound very much like a bis original. It’s all great fun and some light relief before the band venture back to the studio to start work on album number 6, loosely aimed at release sometime in 2026. The band have just been on tour with EMF and Jesus Jones and connected with many new converts who perhaps had written them off.
More bis live shows and new acolytes are planned for the near future.
ART BRUT 2026 Live Dates:
February 6 – O2 Academy, Glasgow * (plus bis)
February 7 – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester *
February 8 – O2 Academy, Liverpool *
February 10 – O2 Academy, Bournemouth *
February 11 – O2 Academy, Bristol *
February 13 – O2 Academy, Birmingham *
February 14 – O2 Academy Brixton, London *
February 15– O2 Academy, Oxford *
February 17 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge *
February 18 – Rock City, Nottingham *
February 20 – O2 Academy, Leeds *
February 21 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle *
February 22 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle *
March 7 – Amsterdam – Paradiso *
March 8 – Cologne, Carlswerk Victoria *
March 9 – Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 36 *
March 11 – Warsaw, Proxima *
March 12 – Berlin, Huxley’s *
March 13 – Munich, Backstage Werk *
March 15 – Vienna, Arena *
March 16 – Solothurn, Kulturfabrik Kofmehl *
March 17 – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof *
April 6 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
April 7 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
April 8 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
April 9 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
April 10 – Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong
April 11 – Buffalo, NY – Oxford Pennant Stage @ Town Ballroom
April 13 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
April 15 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean Live
April 17 – Minneapolis, MN – Cloudland
April 19 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
April 21 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
April 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
April 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
* w/ Maximo Park
Photos suppplied by Wall of Sound PR
All words by Iain Key. See his author profile here or find him via his LinkTree
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