Split Dogs capture life at full tilt in their Speed Demon tour-diary video
Split Dogs have shared Speed Demon, the latest cut from their forthcoming second album Nice N’ Rough, due out on 25 September via Venn Records.
The track arrives with a video assembled from footage captured during the band’s European travels last year, matching its brisk, ragged rock ’n’ roll charge with backstage scenes, road miles and live clips. Watch the video here, or stream Speed Demon here.
Singer Harry Martinez said: “We documented a lot of our European tour last year, so decided to use that footage to create a tour diary-style music video. The song is our love letter to life on the road — something we, as a band, have always loved doing.
“A lot of the video features footage from Freak Show in Essen. We’ve played there a few times, first on the Here to Destroy Europe tour and most recently during our German tour. It is one of our favourite places in the world — beautiful, full of heart, and somewhere that needs to be seen to be believed. Massive thanks to the owners, Benny and Ela, for their unwavering love of fast rock ’n’ roll, counterculture, and each other.”
A new record from Leeds’ former police station
Nice N’ Rough was recorded at The Station House in Leeds, a studio housed in a repurposed Victorian police station. The 13-track record was produced by Jonah Falco and engineered by James Atkinson, with the band drawing inspiration from the studio’s VHS collection, including Heavy Metal, A Nightmare on Elm Street and a Tina Turner live tape.
The album includes Speed Demon alongside Born Too Loose, Shake Sum Action and Power Out. Pre-order the album here.
- Be Somebody
- Born Too Loose
- Breaker
- Get The Look
- Speed Demon
- Leave It Alone
- Shake Sum Action
- Rock ’N’ Roll Business
- Mamma Said
- Suffer
- I Wanna
- Dirty Denim
- Power Out
Instore shows and European dates
Before joining Canadian rockers Danko Jones for an extensive European run in October, Split Dogs will mark the album’s release with a string of UK record-shop instores. Tickets are on sale now.
- 25 September 2026 — Leeds, Crash Records
- 26 September 2026 — Glasgow, Blitzkrieg
- 27 September 2026 — Liverpool, Rough Trade
- 28 September 2026 — Coventry, Just Dropped In
- 29 September 2026 — Bristol, Rough Trade
- 30 September 2026 — Nottingham, Rough Trade
- 1 October 2026 — London, Rough Trade East
- 12 October 2026 — Potsdam, Waschhaus
- 13 October 2026 — Nuremberg, Löwensaal
- 14 October 2026 — Vienna, Flex
- 15 October 2026 — Budapest, A38
- 16 October 2026 — Bucharest, Quantic
- 17 October 2026 — Sofia, Pirotska 5 Event Center
- 19 October 2026 — Cluj, Form Space
- 21 October 2026 — Zagreb, Vintage Industrial Bar
- 22 October 2026 — Ljubljana, Kino Šiška
- 23 October 2026 — Salzburg, Rockhouse
- 24 October 2026 — Rubigen, Mühle Hunziken
- 25 October 2026 — Zurich, Dynamo
- 27 October 2026 — Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle 2
- 28 October 2026 — Ghent, Handelsbeurs
- 29 October 2026 — Frankfurt, Batschkapp
- 30 October 2026 — Haarlem, Patronaat
- 31 October 2026 — Tilburg, Next Stage
- 1 November 2026 — Leeuwarden, Neushoorn
- 24 November 2026 — Barcelona, Upload
- 25 November 2026 — Zaragoza, Rock & Blues
- 26 November 2026 — Madrid, Nazca
- 27 November 2026 — Avilés, Factoría Cultural
- 28 November 2026 — Vitoria-Gasteiz
More Split Dogs on Punkinfocus: Live review: Social Distortion And Split Dogs Tear Through KOKO (June 2026) · Live review: Split Dogs lead a furious triple bill in Brighton (April 2026) · Live review: Gogol Bordello bring their riotous gypsy-punk carnival to Brighton (October 2025) · Split Dogs set February 2027 UK headline tour with Bruise Control (September 2026) · Split Dogs confront the past on new single Suffer (July 2026)
