Landing ahead of the band’s biggest headline tour to date, plus dates supporting Shaking Hand, Brighton post-rock/folk quartet Ladylike stylised as ‘ladylike’ and comprised of Georgia Butler (guitar, vocals) Spencer Withey (guitar, synth, backing vocals) Archie Sagers (bass) James Ely (drums), returned with intimate new single ‘Borrowed Time’, which dropped on 15th September via Heist or Hit (Her’s, Westside Cowboy, The Slow Country, Makeshift Art Bar).
Shacking up in a renovated chapel studio in Pembrokeshire, Wales with producer Balázs Altsach (Ugly, Orchestra (for now)) ‘Borrowed Time’ sees the band bring a more experimental approach to the studio, recording, mixing and mastering the track within a rapid three week stretch. Tracked by the band together in the same room, it feels tantalisingly exposed, loaded with the spontaneity of off-the-cuff performance, its deft musical storytelling rising and falling between momentous rushes of slowcore and the stock-stillness of folk.
Capturing the gentle yet immersive drama of the band’s cinematic live sets, 2026 has seen ladylike play sold-out headline shows in Brighton and London, a support tour with the Orielles, and shows at The Great Escape (First Fifty), building on festival appearances at Green Man, Dot to Dot, Left of The Dial and Outer Town, plus gigs with Ugly, mary in the junkyard, Lime Garden, villagerr.
It’s also their first release since March debut EP ‘It’s A Pleasure Of Mine, To Know You’re Fine’ landed in the top 10 on the folk charts, won airplay on BBC 6music (Emily Pilbeam, Huw Stephens, New Music Fix), Radio X (John Kennedy), and BBC Radio Scotland (Roddy Hart), alongside tastemaker backing from The Line of Best Fit, So Young, DIY, Under The Radar, Rough Trade, Hard of Hearing, and more.
Speaking more about the track, vocalist/guitarist Georgia Butler says: “This track is loosely about losing contact with someone and how time goes by, your lives are separate and you never quite get back to the same place at the same time.”
Watch the video for ‘Borrowed Time’ HERE and listen/purchase it on Bandcamp HERE.
ladylike live dates:
1st October – Heartbreakers, Southampton
2nd October – The Old England, Bristol
3rd October – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
7th October – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
8th October – The Quarry, Liverpool
9th October – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
10th October – Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield
29th October – Club Cheek, London (Supporting Shaking Hand)
6th November – The White Hotel, Manchester (Supporting Shaking Hand)
4th December – Wagner Hall, Brighton
The Brighton concert is taking place just off of West Street at the Wagner Hall which can be found at 2 Regency Road, Brighton BN1 2RH. This is a very rare opportunity to visit the venue, and the event has been coordinated by Love Thy Neighbour promoters, and it is a seated event. Tickets for this night can be purchased HERE.
Tickets for most other ladylike concerts can be located HERE.
