will release new album ‘Welcome To Urbia’ next year.

The band’s storming debut album went Top Three on its release, while a packed out Autumn headline tour contains two nights at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town.

Moving with alacrity, The Molotovs have laid out plans for their second album. Titled ‘Welcome To Urbia’, it’s set to land on April 9h – and you can pre-order it here.

Siblings Matt (18) and Issey (20) Cartlidge unite on the record, and pounding lead single ‘Urbia’ is out now.

Recorded at North London’s fabled KONK Studios – owned by The Kinks’ Ray Davies, no less – with Tony Hoffer, ‘Urbia’ is an anthemic rallying cry.

Matt said: “When I wrote it, it just immediately felt like something different and was steering in the direction that I wanted to go for this next album. I really wanted to shake it up. My influences have also broadened, the more we played. When we went into the studio, I’d only recently written it so it was all pretty fresh – it’s got a real energy.”

Matt and Issey’s vocals mesh on the massive chorus, and she adds: “It really blossoms. It’s quite moody and driving, quite industrial, and then you get to the chorus that kind of opens up. It’s sweet.”

Tune in now.