WREX announce SADWORLD EP, release new single Paranoia

WREX have announced details of their new EP, SADWORLD.

Dropping on May 20, the five-track release arrives following a busy and incredibly formative time for the duo. “The last year has been about getting out there and pushing ourselves – playing as much as we can, meeting people and feeling that connection in real time,” explains vocalist Mae Seaton. “We’ve played 54 shows over the last year, and that’s completely changed our perspective. This project started with two people and a laptop, so being in those rooms night after night has forced us out of our own heads, stripped something back, and let the songs take on a different weight once they’re shared with other people.

“This EP is about taking our personal experiences and opening them up in a way that other people can identify with. Our prior writing was very focused on the self; SADWORLD is more of a reflection on the impact of the world in its current state, and on the community.”

Check out what’s to come with newly-released single Paranoia below:

See them live at the following:

WREX 2026 tour dates

March

27 Cardiff Live X Festival
28 Leicester Firebug

April

4 Birmingham Forward Live 2026
10 Portsmouth Kola Basement
18 Sheffield Mary Street Live

May

2 Kingston The Fighting Cocks (supporting Nuns Of The Tundra)
3 Manchester Rebellion
9 Folkestone Speedway
23 Dorset Cursus Festival

June

15 Brighton The Hope & Ruin
27 Hastings The Pig

July

24 Brighton Hammerdown Festival
31 Cheltenham The Frog & Fiddle

August

1 Chelmsford Bay Days Festival
8 Blackpool Rebellion Festival

October

23 Berlin Female Fronted Is Not A Genre Festival
24 Hannover Female Fronted Is Not A Genre Festival

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