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White Sands, the new single from Young Knives and recent winner of the BBC 6 Music Rebel Playlist, is the second single to be taken from Young Knives’ widely acclaimed fourth studio album Sick Octave.

Released on 7” white vinyl limited to 150 copies, each sleeve will be handmade by the band and feature an individual close-up photo of a grimy nook or cranny of the Young Knives studio. No two sleeves will be the same.

The B-side is an exclusive new track called I Only Want Your Love. Lead singer Henry Dartnall says about White Sands “This song highlights our new direction – industrial production, disquieting synth breaks, very loud guitars. It’s also one of our favourite songs on the album. White Sands has a very important message hidden within its seemingly vacuous exterior. When we’ve worked out what it is we will tell you. It’s something about hedonism, the military and the power struggle between Western values and the rest of the world.”