The Damned‘s new full length, Not Like Everybody Else, will be released on the 23rd January 2026, the album is a tribute to their late guitarist and founder member Brian James, with each tune chosen because it was by an artist who had an impact on Brian’s guitar playing and, in turn, his songwriting and The Damned as a band. The Damned have now released the album’s second single, a cover of Pink Floyd‘s 1967 single, See Emily Play.

“A bit of a weird choice this one seeing as punk was seen as a reaction against the mega stadium rock acts of the mid 70s, but whatever Pink Floyd eventually morphed into by then, there’s no denying that the early Syd Barrett years were wildly innovative, helping splash psychedelia across a music scene that was, until then full of drippy love songs. Alternatively, Floyd’s first single Arnold Layne talked about a crossdressing panty thief, which was a bit of a leap from I Want To Hold Your Hand! But it’s the band’s second single that we have covered here, partly because it was one of Brian’s early faves (a fact that surprised everyone when his wife Minna told us) and partly because it was the song that blew my mind (man!) so much that I went from merely appreciating music to becoming completely obsessed by it.” (guitarist & vocalist Captain Sensible)

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