The Act: BAND OF CANS

The Release: ‘MAN IN THE SHED’

The Format: DIGITAL SINGLE

The Release Date: SEPTEMBER 18TH 2025

The Truth: Norwich sonic truthseekers BAG OF CANS are back with a new single and new live shows and much more new newness. The single is called ‘Man In The Shed’. The live dates look like this:

SEPTEMBER 19TH LONDON DALSTON THE VICTORIA
(+ Camber + To The Lighthouse)
SEPTEMBER 20TH BURY ST EDMUNDS HUNTER CLUB
SEPTEMBER 25TH NORTHAMPTON THE LAB
SEPTEMBER 27TH DARWEN 4 THE CIRCUS
SEPTEMBER 30TH GLASGOW MCCHUILLS BAR
OCTOBER 1ST BIRMINGHAM SUNFLOWER LOUNGE
OCTOBER 2ND HULL ADELPHI
OCTOBER 3RD NORWICH ARTS CENTRE
(+ Gabby Rivers + The Caterpillar Spies)

SPELLBINDING DESCRIPTION OF THE SONG FROM GUITARIST TOM

The light is on in the shed again. Today I had an egg and cress sandwich in my kitchen, trying to remember where I left my screwdriver because the flatpack bench is gathering dust. It is in the shed. Where the light is on.

Two pigeons patrol my lawn. They have more bravery than I. More cunning. I want to erect my three-seater classic teak that I bought online for £19.99. It will be nice to sit on during the autumn months, any later and it will be too cold.

But there is a light on in the shed. Again.

There is no light on in the evening. I have assembled nails. The ones of my finger are sore and short. But the light goes on.

My life is left outside for the birds. There’s no more time. The winter gales howl through the cracks of my walls and there will be no bench until April. But I will not go to him. I will not go to him.

The light is on in the shed again.

SLIGHTLY MORE NORMAL BIO

With the launch of their debut album ‘We Are A Band’ in June 2023, Bag of Cans managed to fool both listeners and their mums around the country. Not only were they very much “a band” but one that could release songs too. In late 2024 an EP called ‘Favourite Shirt’ with such songs as ‘Favourite Shirt’ was released, following a couple of years of tours and festival appearances. Capitalising on this momentum, they then pretty much immediately decided to take a break from gigging, in what is sure to be described as “a 4D chess move of utter brilliance” and will be studied by industry moguls for years to come as “one of the promotional plays of all time”.

Released on fierce panda, these collections of songs have attracted praise and airtime from BBC 6music, where the single ‘Hostage At The Dinner Table’ was a joint winner on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable. The EP’s titular tune ‘Favourite Shirt’ got a load of inexplicable plays on KEXP in the States, which confused everyone even further.

As the Cans now return from their slumber, they look to the autumn to throw themselves back into the great big puddle of gigs, whack out a song about random men living uninvited in their sheds, and splash around for someone’s amusement in their tried-and-tested wellies of slightly-deranged-indie-music