Bartees Strange releases a new EP, Shy Bairns Get Nowt via 4AD, after announcing the project last week. The EP features music recorded while making the critically acclaimed recent album Horror, including new single “Ain’t Nobody Making Me High” – a love song punctuated by impassioned ad-libs and ear-catching sing-along chorus. The EP also contains Horror producer Jack Antonoff’s version of “Baltimore.”
Of the EP, Strange says: “I heard somebody say this when I was on tour in Europe and for whatever reason it rang in my ears for a while. I think it’s a northern UK saying that means quiet mouths don’t get fed. Sometimes you have to speak up to get what you want. I think about music and the gratefulness we all must have to be part of it. But also – what’s wrong with having demands, things you want out of it. These songs are from making Horror and from writing sessions I’ve done over the last couple years – sort of songs that didn’t fit the record but felt like a step in a different direction. I love them – and I wanted to put them out – so I said something.”
Bartees Strange – Shy Bairns Get Nowt24 October 2025
Shy Bairns Get Nowt Tracklisting:
1. BTNY
2. Ain’t Nobody Making Me High
3. Pigs Fly
4. Like This
5. Baltimore (Jack’s Version)
6. Fitty Lite Years
