Problem Patterns announce new EP Boring Songs For Boring People and share lead single ‘I’m Fine and I’m Doing Great’

Belfast-based punk quartet Problem Patterns have announced the release of their new EP Boring Songs For Boring People for September 12 via Alcopop! Records.

To celebrate the news, the band also shared the lead single ‘I’m Fine and I’m Doing Great’. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Niall Doran at Start Together Studios, Belfast, the new single comes with an official video directed by the band’s Alanah Smith and filmed by Aileen McKenna.

Check out ‘I’m Fine and I’m Doing Great’ below:

Commenting on the track, bassist Ciara King said: “This song is an ode to every single burnout episode that any creative has ever had. The lyrics formed when we were touring flat out and playing UK festivals every weekend. As an Irish band, this requires a lot of travel back and forth. We were becoming extremely burnt out and losing joy for the thing we love.”

“This song is addressing that feeling of the love/hate relationship involved in doing music full time and still working full time,” she continued. “This one goes out to all our burnt out pals. Keep going.”

The new single follows on from previously released EP track ‘Sad Old Woman’, featuring vocals from Matt Korvette of Pissed Jeans (Sub Pop Records), which dropped in Spring 2025.

The EP marks the first new material from Problem Patterns since winning the coveted Album of The Year category at the Northern Irish Music Prize 2024 with critically acclaimed debut album Blouse Club.

You can pre-order Boring Songs For Boring People here.

Check out the full tracklist below:

1. 'Song For Fi'
2. 'Sad Old Woman' (feat. Matt Korvette)
3. 'Classic Rock Has Become My Prison'
4. 'I’m Fine and I’m Doing Great'
5. 'Bone Idle'
6. 'Boring Songs For Boring People'