Smoking Gives You Big Tits Release Debut Album “Guts For Starters”

Guts For Starters is the debut album from Smoking Gives You Big Tits that is now available via streaming platforms and on limited edition red opaque vinyl. Guts for Starters is a miscellany of joy, rage and the ridiculous. It is an ode to the Manchester, UK DIY music scene, where the seeds of this album, and band, were first encouraged and nurtured. It’s also a celebration of DIY music scenes around the world that build communities of creativity, joy and inclusivity. Those communities give us the guts to be ourselves, find our voice, and start musical projects we never thought would be possible. But best of all, they connect like-minded creative weirdo’s, who find there is somewhere they belong and there was all along. 

Smoking Gives You Big Tits were an acoustic two piece from Salford and Bolton that formed in 2019, they then became their current four piece line up in 2021. A high energy riot grrrl influenced post punk band that don’t quite fit into one musical genre, they’re the love child of Bikini Kill and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. The aim of Smoking Gives You Big Tits was to make cathartic music that facilitated high octane performance, humour, or both, swinging from politically charged rage to the ridiculous. Each band member has worked with at least one other band member on a range of other musical projects spanning from big band jazz to Mexican Americana to metal. But never before have all four members worked on something together. The band will also be playing festivals across the Summer, including Rebellion Festival and Hello & Hoof Fest, with headlining shows to follow as the temperatures drop.