One of our favourite bands, Sorry return to Manchester for a headline show at Gorilla, performing new material from COSPLAY, their third studio album, released on 7 November via Domino.
The band describe the record with characteristic wit and ambiguity: “We died when we started writing this album.” If that’s true, COSPLAY documents the strange rebirth—an album that first strips away and then reshapes what a contemporary rock band can be, a world where identity blurs and anyone can become anyone, real or imagined, past or present.
Formed by lifelong friends and creative co-conspirators Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen, Sorry grew up making music together, eventually emerging from Brixton’s Windmill scene alongside acts like Shame, Goat Girl, and Black Midi. Now joined by drummer Lincoln Barrett, multi-instrumentalist Campbell Baum, and Marco Pini on electronics, they’ve carved out a musical universe that fuses lo-fi grunge textures with trap, shoegaze, and experimental pop sensibilities.
On stage, this combination becomes something even more unpredictable—moody, jagged, intimate, and often gloriously messy. Their Gorilla date gives fans the first opportunity to see COSPLAY brought to life: the album’s shifting identities, raw edges, and boundary-stretching ambition translated into a live show that promises to be as shape-shifting as the record itself.
