Working Men's Club Return With Atticus Ross-Produced Single 'Devout'
British electronic-rock project Working Men's Club have released a new single, 'Devout', produced by Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails. It's the project's first new material since 2022's Fear Fear, and their debut release since signing to Domino. The track arrives as a standalone single, with the label's press materials framing it as the start of a new chapter for the band, according to NME.
An Atticus Ross-shaded return
Working Men's Club is now effectively the solo vehicle of writer, singer and producer Sydney Minsky Sargeant. 'Devout' opens on a fade-in before building into dense, oppressive electronics, with instrumentation thickening quickly around Sargeant's synth-treated, instantly recognisable vocal.
NME notes the track keeps the urgency and forward-driving melodies of the band's earlier work, but with more vulnerable lyrics and more abstract arrangement choices. "Devout always felt like the right song to return with," Sargeant said.
The single arrives with a visualiser directed by Innerstrings, and cover artwork by longtime creative collaborator SJ Hockett.
UK live dates
Working Men's Club will play a run of UK shows starting in October, landing in London for Pitchfork London in November.
- Thursday, October 15, 2026 — SWN Festival, Cardiff, UK
- Friday, October 16, 2026 — Future Days, Birmingham, UK
- Friday, October 23, 2026 — Mutations Festival, Brighton, UK
- Saturday, November 7, 2026 — Pitchfork London, EartH Hall, UK
Sargeant's solo path
Since the band's last album, Sargeant has also been working under his own name, releasing the album Lunga and an EP, Demise Of Love, made with Daniel Avery and James Greenwood's Ghost Culture.
Speaking to NME last year about Lunga, Sargeant said he came close to burning out several times while making the record, and that confronting what he was going through meant allowing himself to be vulnerable and lay out difficult thoughts and emotions.
Working Men's Club's previous two albums, the self-titled Working Men's Club (2020) and Fear Fear (2022), were both well received by critics.