The Dream Machine are back with a brand new single ‘Flowers On The Razor Wire’, taken from their forthcoming third album.
The Wirral quintet will release ‘Fort Perch Rock’ on Friday 27th February 2026 via Run On Records.
Songwriter and lead vocalist, Zak McDonnell commented on the new track: “’Flowers On The Razorwire’ was about a comic book I found in an antique shop.
“I was sitting with a guitar, and the lads were just shouting out lines and ideas from it. It wasn’t long before we realised it was some sort of erotic graphic novel.
“I was in a Ramones phase around this time, so we went to Berlin during the writing of this album, intending to make a pilgrimage back to The Ramones Museum that we’d visited years ago, only to find it was gone.
“It’s as inspired by The Ramones as The Strokes, Television and The Walkmen.”
The album’s title track was released last month, the first taste of the 12-track 2026 release, which was recorded and self-produced between studios on the Wirral and in Liverpool.
It will be released on multiple formats, including digital, CD and special edition, coloured vinyl editions.
A limited, band store-only butterfly effect vinyl version is to be released with a one-off, glow in the dark 7” EP of covers that pays tribute to the Motown girl group, The Shirelles.
The band open an eight-date UK Tour tonight at Cardiff’s Clwb IforBach, and you can expect to hear the new material tested out on the live stage.
Tour dates are as follows:
- Fri 14 November – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
- Thu 20 November – London, The Moth Club
- Fri 21 November – Norwich, Voodoo Daddy’s
- Sat 22 November – Birkenhead, The Future Yard
- Wed 26 November – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
- Thu 27 November – Glasgow, McChuills
- Fri 28 November – Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
- Sat 29 November – North Shields, Three Tanners Bank
For tickets and to sign up for future updates visit https://thedreammachine.os.fan/.
The track listing for the Fort Perch Rock album is confirmed by the band as follows:
1. Fort Perch Rock
2. Flowers On The Razorwire
3. Things That Make Us Cry
4. Angel Heart
5. If I Could Be King
6. Duck Bone Fever
7. I Had A Friend
8. Joe
9. Julie On The Rocks
10. Night Owls
11. The First Bird
12. Best Days Of Our Lives
Photo Credit: Max Dowd
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