DINOSAUR PILE-UP UNLEASH EXPLOSIVE NEW SINGLE “SICK OF BEING DOWN” AND CONFRONT POST-TRAUMA HEAD-ON

New Album ‘I’ve Felt Better’ Arrives August 22 via Mascot Records + U.S. Arena Tour with A Day To Remember and Yellowcard Kicks Off This Fall

UK alt-rock trio Dinosaur Pile-Up are back with a vengeance, tearing into the fog of post-trauma with their blistering new single “Sick of Being Down.” The track is a grungy, emotionally charged anthem that dives headfirst into the chaos of mental burnout, existential confusion, and the crushing weight of simply trying to exist in a world that no longer feels familiar.

The single is taken from the band’s newly announced album I’ve Felt Better, due out August 22 via Mascot Records, available on CD, LP, and digital formats. Pre-order info available HERE! To celebrate, the band will play a one-off special show at The Leadmill in Sheffield on June 24 as part of the venue’s farewell party. They’ll also hit the road this fall on a massive U.S. arena tour alongside A Day To Remember and Yellowcard, running from October 22 to November 22.

Clocking in at just over three minutes, “Sick of Being Down” is a full-throttle, no-nonsense gut punch packed with serrated riffs, thunderous drums, and an unfiltered vocal performance from frontman Matt Bigland. Musically, it fuses the grit of ‘90s alt-rock with the immediacy of garage punk, landing somewhere between Foo Fighters on a bender and Nirvana reimagined for a post-pandemic generation.

But beneath the aggression lies a much heavier backstory. The single was written in the aftermath of a harrowing health crisis: Bigland was hospitalized in critical care with ulcerative colitis, and the recovery process left him grappling with an unfamiliar mental landscape.

"Sick of Being Down is essentially a post-traumatic existential breakdown articulated as a 3-minute garage punk rock song,” he explains. “Trying to readjust myself to life after hospital was a really confusing journey. I felt conflicted about myself—what I liked, what I didn’t. What I was, what I wasn’t. All my priorities had changed; my ‘place’ in the world felt different, and that was a jarring feeling to navigate.”

Bigland adds that the song came during a period of experimentation and reflection: “I was experimenting with weed again to see if I could balance my mental state a little better, and one day, I was wondering if I was in a cycle of kind of self-fulfilling cause and effect. I’m sick of being down—but am I keeping myself there?”

Lyrically, the song doesn’t wallow—it fights back. It’s a howl of frustration, clarity, and survival. “It’s that post-fight, post-trauma haze where you’re still standing but you’re asking yourself, ‘What now? What next?’ It’s about staring into the void and choosing to scream back.”

With “Sick of Being Down”, Dinosaur Pile-Up isn’t just making noise—they’re making meaning. It’s a cathartic, full-volume return that sets the tone for what’s shaping up to be their most personal and powerful record yet.

DINOSAUR PILE-UP UK TOUR DATES:
6/24 — Sheffield, UK — The Leadmill
9/5 — Birmingham, UK — XOYO
9/6 — Bristol, UK — Electric
9/9 — Glasgow, UK — Garage
9/11 — Manchester, UK — New Century Hall
9/13 — London, UK — Electric Ballroom

U.S. TOUR DATES:
10/22 — Ontario, CA — Toyota Arena*
10/23 — San Diego, CA — Gallagher Square at Petco Park*
10/25 — Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre*
10/26 — Albuquerque, NM — Isleta Amphitheatre*
10/28 — Colorado Springs, CO — Broadmoor World Arena*
10/29 — Independence, MO — Cable Dahmer Arena*
10/31 — Lincoln, NE — Pinnacle Bank Arena*
11/1 — Bloomington, IL — Grossinger Motors Arena*
11/2 — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory*
11/4 — Grand Rapids, MI — Van Andel Arena*
11/5 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena*
11/6 — Lexington, KY — Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center*
11/8 — Manchester, NH — SNHU Arena*
11/9 — Bridgeport, CT — Total Mortgage Arena*
11/11 — North Charleston, SC — North Charleston Coliseum*
11/13 — Biloxi, MS —  Mississippi Coast Coliseum*
11/14 — Tallahassee, FL — Donald L. Tucker Civic Center*
11/18 — Huntsville, AL — Von Braun Center*
11/20 — Tulsa, OK — BOK Center*
11/21 — Austin, TX — Moody Center*
11/22 — Corpus Christi, TX — American Bank Center*
1/25-1/31 —Miami, FL — Shiprocked Cruise^
 *With A Day To Remember + Yellowcard 
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