Following the release of 'Better Way To Live' back in November, KNEECAP have returned with 'Sick In The Head' – a brand new single from their upcoming debut album, which they've unveiled further details about today.

The LP, Fine Art , will be released on June 14, via independent London-based label Heavenly Recordings, who the West Belfast group signed to in September.

Produced by Toddla T, the album, according to its official description, "seamlessly merges Irish with English and satire with socially conscious lyrics", and "is fiercely intelligent, consistently hilarious and genuinely thought provoking."

"When working on the album we had periods of great productivity but also periods with a total lack of anything creatively," KNEECAP – Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí – comment. "Towards the end of recording we hit a proper wall and this is the result. Our mental health was being tested and we said f*ck it it we’re doomed to mental torture we want to have some money to get through it. We’ve had enough of it while being broke round Belfast."

Mo Chara has also spoken about English DJ and producer Toddla T's impact on the album.

“When we got into the studio with Toddla T, we scrapped every song we had and started from complete scratch," he explains. "T’s idea was to tell the story of Kneecap. So the record was conceived as the listener stepping into Kneecap’s world. That’s where the idea came to set whole thing in a pub. You walk into a pub at the start, there’s someone offering you a drink, there’s a singsong… really, it’s us taking you by the hand and leading you into our world.”

It was reported earlier this month that KNEECAP are taking legal action over a decision by the UK Government to block their funding through the Music Export Growth Scheme – despite the group's application being "independently approved and signed off by [the] selection board."

It follows a hugely successful period for KNEECAP, following the world premiere of Rich Peppiatt's film starring and inspired by the trio, at the Sundance Film Festival. KNEECAP, which also features Michael Fassbender, won the highly coveted Audience Award in the festival's NEXT section.

'Sick In The Head' arrives alongside a music video, directed by Peadar Ó Goill.

"​​We're in the centre of a sweaty mosh pit mid-gig in a dark warehouse room," the group say of the video. "This pit represents emotional state, from f*cked up and chaotic to moments of clarity and calmness. The warehouse offers escape – from the mundane... for the marginalised."

See the full tracklisting for Fine Art:

1. 3Cag (feat. Radie Peat)
2. Fine Art
3. Interlude: Making Headlines
4. I bhFiacha Linne
5. Interlude: Never Gets a Round
6. I'm Flush
7. Interlude: State of Ya
8. Better Way To Live (feat. Grian Chatten)
9. Sick In The Head
10. Love Making
11. Interlude: Amhrán na Scadán
12. Drug Dealin Pagans
13. Interlude: KNEECAP Chaps
14. Harrow Road (feat. Jelani Blackman)
15. Parful
16. Rhino Ket
17. Interlude: Last Orders
18. Way Too Much

KNEECAP have also announced further tour dates – including UK dates that go on sale at 10am on Friday, February 23. See their full list of upcoming gigs below:

14.03.24 – Music Ireland Official Showcase SxSW – AUSTIN, TX
15.03.24 – Full Irish Breakfast Showcase SxSW – AUSTIN, TX
17.03.24 – MGM Music Hall – BOSTON (supporting Dropkick Murphys)
18.03.24 – Foundry – PHILADELPHIA
21.03.24 – Axis Club – TORONTO
23.03.24 – Warsaw – BROOKLYN, NYC
26.03.24 – Biltmore Cabaret – VANCOUVER
27.03.24 – Biltmore Cabaret – VANCOUVER
28.03.24 – Barboza – SEATTLE
30.03.24 – New Parish – OAKLAND
02.04.24 – Voodoo Rooms – SAN DIEGO
04.04.24 – Echoplex – LOS ANGELES
15.06.24 – Bergenfest – NORWAY
05.07.24 – Rock Werchter – BELGIUM
11.07.24 – Mad Cool Festival – SPAIN
13.07.24 – Bitterzoet – AMSTERDAM
18.07.24 – Heineken Big Top – GALWAY
20.07.24 – Super Bock Festival - PORTUGAL
23.08.24 – Reading Festival – U.K.
24.08.24 – Leeds Festival – U.K.
14.11.24 – Foundry – SHEFFIELD
15.11.24 – New Century Hall – MANCHESTER
16.11.24 – Barrowlands – GLASGOW
19.11.24 – Rock City – NOTTINGHAM
20.11.24 – SXW – BRISTOL
21.11.24 – The O2 Forum – LONDON