Hotel Lux have dropped their new single, ‘Costermonger’. It’s a track full of personality, with chunky guitars supporting a vocal that drifts between conversational and chanted, without ever losing the band’s trademark gift for hook writing. The track “is a musical translation of a BBC documentary detailing the rise and the fall of Deptford Market, High Street and the surrounding housing. The title itself refers to a Cockney word for a market trader. Sadly, the subject matter of the lyrics are as relevant now as they would’ve been back in ‘67 when Lewisham council first started pulling down the council housing.” ‘Costermonger’ is taken from their new album, The Bitter Cup, which drops on October 31st, 2025, and will be followed by an extensive UK tour in November. -Dan Peeke