The Snuts have never been a band afraid of big feelings, but their new single ‘PTS’ lands with a different kind of weight — not the stadium‑sized catharsis they’ve mastered, but something more internal, more human, more quietly seismic. It’s the penultimate track written for their upcoming fourth album Joy In Short Moments (out 23 October via Happy Artist Records / Virgin Music Group), and it arrives as a meditation on self‑belief, generational trauma and the long, slow work of forgiving yourself.

‘PTS’ began in the afterglow of Scotland’s World Cup qualification win over Denmark — a night of pure communal electricity. Jack Cochrane describes it as “a shooting star of collective celebration,” the kind of moment that makes you feel briefly invincible. But instead of staying in that high, the band dug into the question underneath it: why is belief in yourself so rare where we’re from?

That pivot — from euphoria to introspection — is what gives ‘PTS’ its emotional charge. It’s a song that starts with the roar of a crowd and ends somewhere quieter, somewhere more honest.

Cochrane frames ‘PTS’ as a kind of emotional reset:

“Growing up without a positive role model, generational trauma… ‘PTS’ is a remedy to melancholy, an end to past‑life pain. It’s a song for widespread forgiveness, of others and of yourself.”

It’s rare to see a band at this level speak so plainly about the stuff that sits at the bottom of the “important to talk about” pile — the inherited heaviness, the self‑doubt, the patterns you spend adulthood trying to unlearn. That honesty feels like the defining thread of Joy In Short Moments.

If ‘Defibrillator’ was the euphoric jolt and ‘Joy In Short Moments’ the reflective centrepiece, ‘PTS’ feels like the emotional hinge of the record — the point where celebration meets reckoning. It’s the sound of a band who’ve grown up in public choosing to grow inward too.

Tracklist – Joy In Short Moments

In Motion
Youth Ain’t Easy
Defibrillator
Joy In Short Moments
PTS
Get Up, Get Out
Country Music
Summer Rain
Motherlands
Warsaw
Little Marathon Man

The Snuts’ ascent has been one of the most compelling in recent British guitar music:

#1 debut with W.L.
Top 3 follow‑up Burn The Empire
Top 2 independent, self‑produced Millennials — making them the first act since One Direction to land three Top 3 albums in three consecutive years.
Sold‑out tours across Japan, Australia, Europe and North America.
A triumphant Scottish arena headline at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro.

They’re a band operating at full velocity — but ‘PTS’ proves they’re not afraid to slow down long enough to tell the truth.

Catch the band this Autumn on their UK headline tour:

19 Nov — Dundee, Livehouse

20 Nov — Aberdeen, Beach Ballroom

21 Nov — Edinburgh, Corn Exchange

23 Nov — Dunfermline, Alhambra Theatre

24 Nov — Newcastle, O2 City Hall

26 Nov — Sheffield, Octagon Centre

27 Nov — Nottingham, Rock City

29 Nov — Norwich, UEA

30 Nov — Bristol, The Prospect Building

1 Dec — Hull, City Hall

2 Dec — Leeds, O2 Academy

3 Dec — Manchester, Victoria Warehouse

4 Dec — Manchester, Victoria Warehouse

8 Dec — Birmingham, O2 Academy

9 Dec — Portsmouth, Guildhall

10 Dec — London, Brixton Academy

‘PTS’ is The Snuts at their most vulnerable — and arguably their most vital. It’s a reminder that the moments of joy we cling to are often built on years of unspoken struggle, and that healing isn’t loud or glamorous; it’s slow, deliberate, and deeply personal.

It’s exactly the kind of track that shows why The Snuts continue to resonate far beyond their chart stats: they write songs that feel lived‑in, songs that understand the people who listen to them.

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