Hollow Hand unveil new single "Heavy Metal T Shirt"

Wednesday, 5th August 2026

Max Kinghorn-Mills’ new Hollow Hand album "Wish Road South" arrives September 4th, and finds him tracking songs live with bandmates Oliver Newton (drums) and Leo Clarke (bass) in their new studio space, giving the album a warm, lived-in quality. Perhaps this is no more apparent than on new single “Heavy Metal T-Shirt” which captures an animated performance bolstered by a singalong chorus and jumbled feedback purposely left in the cracks.

Max Kinghorn-Mills says this about the track: “A true story! I bought an unidentified t-shirt at a thrift shop and I wrote a song about it. This song is about so many other things, somebody very special to me and an attempted conversation with her about the time we spent in a specific place, to let her know I’m thinking of her.
To record this song we found a night at the studio complex when no-one else would be around. We set up in the corridor so we’d get lots of room sound on the microphones. It was important to play it uninhibited, to capture that feeling: it’s a dreary evening in Brighton, the roof is leaking, there’s rats in the basement, I’m recording a rowdy song with two of my best friends and that’s all that matters.”

Check out the accompanying video, shot in and around Dublin and directed and produced by Erin Birgy (Mega Bog), and pre-order "Wish Road South" digitally and on CD & Vinyl, including two indie exclusive variants - Rough Trade Exclusive Dark Crystal Black on Clear Vinyl with fold out Tour Poster, and a Resident version with a signed print, all pre-order links here. 

Just after the release of the album but before their big UK tour in October, Hollow Hand will make an appearance at Rough Trade Denmark Street and Americanafest in Nashville - Full dates below.

Tickets on sale here. 

Sep 12 London, UK – Rough Trade Denmark Street
Sep 15-19 Nashville, TN – Americanafest
Oct 13 Leeds, UK – Hyde Park Book Club
Oct 14 Sheffield, UK – Delicious Clam
Oct 15 Manchester, UK – YES
Oct 16 Glasgow, UK – The Old Hairdresser’s
Oct 17 North Shields, UK – Three Tanners Bank
Oct 20 London, UK – The Lexington
Oct 21 Bristol, UK – The Louisiana
Oct 22 Newport, UK – Le Pub
Oct 23 St Davids, UK – St Davids City Council Hall
Oct 27 Southampton, UK – Heartbreakers
Oct 28 Margate, UK – Where Else?
Oct 29 Ipswich, UK – The Smokehouse
Oct 30 Brighton, UK – A L P H A B E T