UNIVERSITY, the explosive Crewe-based four-piece formed of Zak Bowker (vocals/guitar), Ewan Barton (bass), drummer Joel Smith and Eddie (mascot), today announce the new three track EP, YES, arriving 26 September 2025. Listen to the first new single, “Bee”, out now HERE.

YES sees UNIVERSITY push the extremes of their debut to new limits. A three track fever-dream of erupting math-rock (“Bee”), waves of metallic aggression (“Business Secrets Of The Pharaohs”), and a mammoth 11-minute ode to rock (“Stones ‘n Jam”). 

“Bee”, the first single shared today from the new EP, channels the raw intensity of their debut full-length while pushing their sound into a sharper, more experimental territory. Grit-laced vocals and explosive guitar bursts capture the same restless energy of McCartney It’ll Be OK, marrying the band’s signature chaos to a cathartic and volatile climax.

Preorder UNIVERSITY’s new EP, YES, HERE.

Watch the video below.

The band are setting off on their EU/UK tour which starts this Friday:

Fri 05/09/2025 Paradiso (Upstairs), Amsterdam Netherlands

Sat 06/09/2025 Misty Fields Festival, Asten-Heusden (NL) Netherlands

Mon 08/09/2025 La Mécanique Ondulatoire, Paris France

Tue 09/09/2025 Aéronef, Lille, France

Thu 11/09/2025 Schokoladen, Berlin Germany

Sat 13/09/2025 Botanique, Brussels Belgium

Mon 15/09/2025 Louisiana, Bristol United Kingdom

Tue 16/09/2025 Where Else?, Margate United Kingdom

Wed 17/09/2025 George Tavern, London United Kingdom

Fri 19/09/2025 The Castle, Manchester United Kingdom

Sun 21/09/2025 Hug & Pint, Glasgow United Kingdom

Mon 22/09/2025 Brudenell Social Club (Community Room), Leeds United Kingdom

Tue 23/09/2025 Hare & Hounds 2, Birmingham United Kingdom