South Arcade bring late-night gaming nostalgia to new single SplitScreen
South Arcade have released SplitScreen, a new single that channels the band’s fondness for Y2K technology, sleepless gaming sessions and the trouble of waiting for a message that should probably be ignored.
Released via BKM Artists in partnership with Atlantic US, the track arrives ahead of the band’s UK, Ireland and European headline tour in February and March 2027. Stream SplitScreen here.
A digital twist on familiar temptation
The band say SplitScreen draws a line between the addictive pull of multiplayer gaming and a conversation that keeps drawing you back in.
“SplitScreen is about that one person you know you shouldn’t be entertaining, but somehow you’re still waiting for their name to light up your phone at 2am,” South Arcade said. “We liked the parallel between staying up all night gaming with someone and staying up all night talking to someone you probably shouldn’t be talking to.
“It’s that feeling of knowing you should log off, but you keep hitting ‘play again’ anyway. You’re chasing the high of it, even when you know how it ends. But the risk is what makes it exciting.”
They added: “We’re all big gamers in the band, and we love that translucent, coloured tech look from the 2000s. We wanted to capture the feeling of those icy, futuristic plastics and bring that same nostalgia into the sound of South Arcade. With SplitScreen, we’ve taken the sound in a more digital direction, but kept it tangible and human.”
The single follows F.A.M.O.U.S, which has passed 1.3 million global streams in under a month. The track’s Dogbrain-directed video places the band against a neon animated backdrop, with lyrics flashing across its futuristic setting. Watch the F.A.M.O.U.S video here.
Brixton sell-out opens the 2027 run
South Arcade will begin their 2027 dates with shows in Belfast and Dublin before crossing the UK, including a sold-out night at O2 Academy Brixton on 25 February. The itinerary then continues through mainland Europe into March.
- 7 February – Limelight, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 8 February – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
- 10 February – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
- 12 February – Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK
- 13 February – NX Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- 14 February – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
- 16 February – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
- 18 February – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
- 19 February – UEA, Norwich, UK
- 21 February – The Great Hall, Cardiff, UK
- 22 February – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
- 25 February – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
- 2 March – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 5 March – Lido, Berlin, Germany
- 7 March – Proxima, Warsaw, Poland
- 9 March – Szene, Vienna, Austria
- 10 March – Fuchs2, Prague, Czech Republic
- 11 March – Strom, Munich, Germany
- 13 March – Circolo Magnolia, Milan, Italy
- 14 March – Plaza, Zürich, Switzerland
- 16 March – CBE, Cologne, Germany
- 17 March – Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
- 18 March – Backstage By The Mill, Paris, France
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