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A.D dives into the restless loop of burnout, frustration, and the search for peace. With raw lyrics and a pulsing undercurrent, it captures the tension between trying to move forward and feeling stuck in your own head — a late-night anthem for anyone barely holding it together but still pushing on.

The journey of the song reflects the tension of tightly holding anger inside. Repeating a lifetime of conditioning that says, "you need to keep it in, don’t ever let it out".

The band realised that pushing their tension down and holding onto it, hoping that it will disappear, just leads to it coming back to the surface, bigger and stronger until it can’t be kept in anymore. It’s not possible to keep swallowing the chaos and burying it inside.

This is a song the band have been working on for a couple of years, inspired by their individual and collective rage. Sam says, ‘The main drops of the song allow us as musicians to channel our anger and give us the gift of release’.

Release date: Friday 15 May 2026

Writers are: Maxwell Lloyd Vickers, Samuel Mark Glancy, Daniel Phillip Hall, Shane Paul Cotterill

Produced by Mark Winterburn (5 Seconds of Summer, The Script, Plan B, James Arthur, Don Broco)

Engineer Dylan Kidger-Toole

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Short Bio

Named after the classic 90’s Nokia phone, 32 tens are a retro video games and music obsessed indie outfit from the Northwestern UK town of Warrington. Max (Vickers) is the singing one, Sam is the guitar thing and Danny does drums, they continue to write and record music they love to play.

There are no pretences with 32 tens, what you see is what you get, a completely different beast to the polished TV formats that first launched frontman Max Vickers into the public eye or drummer Danny Hall’s previous venture with Busted’s James Bourne and Son of Dork. They are laid back, authentic and full of gritty integrity - dirty indie at its best, with influences from Jamie T, Jack White and The Arctic Monkeys.

Spotify named them as being among the top-ten artists across all of their indie lists alongside the likes of The 1975 and Lewis Capaldi.

Giving incredibly strong live performances and with their streaming stats now running into the millions, they are tipped as ones to watch by many sources including BBC Introducing, This Feeling, Getintothis, Gigslutz and Fred Perry Sub-Culture who described them as, ‘Seriously Funking Good’.

32tens are:

Max

Sam

Danny

Shane

Press & Media Quotes

‘Warrington band whose sole aim is to give a good time to all. And a good time and move you shall' - This Feeling

‘Seriously funking good’ – Fred Perry Sub-Culture

‘Set to make a serious impact on the unsigned, emerging music scene.…. awesome band’ - MCR LIVE

‘32 Tens were quite the treat, the place was bouncing. They sit somewhere between Jack White and Jamie T, plenty of punch and a raft of great tracks, splendid’ – Getintothis

‘Watch out for 32 tens grooves and moves; the boys have set Spotify on fire and are sure to do the same at venues across all over the UK. Ones to watch’ - Gigslutz

‘I think you’ve got everyone in the palm of your hand’ - Jennifer Hudson

‘Quirky style, distinctive vocals and an endearing cheeky charm’ - Getintothis

‘My life was hollow and empty until I met Sam’ (guitarist) – Fatboy Slim

‘Awesome, awesome, awesome song…. I can’t get enough of this band.…. Brilliant!’ - Anchor FM/New Music

‘These boys rock in a whole ‘indie’ style of their own’ - Aurovine

‘Sings like his Mum’s just told him to turn his X-box off’ - Robbie Williams

Previous Media Coverage Includes -

Max Vickers - The Radio Times, What’s on TV, Metro, The Evening Standard, The Telegraph, Mirror, Daily Mail, Express, Sun, UK Style, Yahoo, ITV, BBC.

32 tens - Warrington Worldwide, Guardian Series, Mancunian Matters, Manchester Evening News, Get Into This, Track of the week - Gigslutz. This Feeling & Fred Perry Subculture, BBC Introducing.

Live

Brilliant live, along with the obvious musical talent, all their personality comes through in their shows. Their first gig was in front of a crowd of over 3000 on the mainstage at Rivfest with Maximo Park and Billy Bragg.

With recent headline dates in Leeds, Liverpool and London and a forthcoming Manchester headline in the pipeline, they are also heading out to perform beyond the Northwest region over the course of the year. Championed by BBC Introducing’s, Dave Monks, they were selected to play his event at Liverpool’s iconic Cavern Club.

With festivals lined up for 2024, past appearances have included Neighbourhood Weekender, Dot to Dot and When in Manchester. At Liverpool’s Sound City, they attracted the biggest crowd the venue saw over the whole event, apparently more than the headliners.

Rivfest is the festival set up in memory of fellow Warringtonians, Viola Beach. Friends of the band, they have played each year to support the work of The River Reeves Foundation.

Supports have included Feet for SJM, Maximo Park, The Zangwills, Prose at Manchester Academy & Max’s former flatmate, Mo Jamil.