It is with a heavy heart that we confirm the break-up of Blakfish. To get the full details, go read their blog on Myspace.
We loved the band as much as anyone else out there and are incredibly proud to have worked on 'Champions' with the guys. If you haven't got it yet, head to our online store, grab yourself a copy and play it loud and proud in mourning.
We Are The Ocean played a free in-store show for Banquet Records in Kingston on Saturday and we were there with our trusty camera. Check out last single 'Look Alive' below.
Fresh from being announced as main support on the Madina Lake tour, We Are The Ocean will lead up to that by supporting Underoath on tour around the UK. Dates below.
MARCH
11th - Koko, London
12th - Academy 2, Manchester
13th - Met University, Leeds
14th - ABC, Glasgow
15th - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
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Rolo Tomassi can finally announce they will be releasing their astonishing 2nd album, ‘Cosmology’, through Hassle Records on April 19th.
The band will be following their recent sold out headline UK tour and current support slot with Enter Shikari and The King Blues with an Australian tour on the Soundwave Festival and a handful of support slots with legends, Janes Addiction. After that, they undertake a joint European tour with label-mates Trash Talk through March and April (all dates below).
The new album marks a more assured step forward, as explained by James Spence (Keyboards/Vocals); "With this album, we really feel as though we've finally settled into our own sound. In the past we struggled to truly pin down what we wanted to do musically and that has been demonstrated in earlier material, but with 'Cosmology', we feel as though we're taking the band where we've always intended to".
Eva (Spence, Vocals) continues; "Because this album was written in the space of a few months, the songs were really fresh going over to LA rather than it being a gradual process, as it was with Hysterics. It was amazing to have the experience in somewhere completely different with a producer like Diplo and it really felt like a new start for the band."
UK tour plans are TBC, although a London headline date is announced for the week of album release - 23rd April at The Underworld, Camden.
The full list of confirmed Rolo Tomassi live dates is as follows:
FEBRUARY
10th – Fighting Cocks, KINGSTON (headline)
11th – O2 Academy, BOURNEMOUTH w/Enter Shikari
12th – Hammersmith Apollo, LONDON w/Enter Shikari
20th – Soundwave Festival, BRISBANE
21st – Soundwave Festival, SYDNEY
23rd – Enmore Theatre, SYDNEY w/ Janes Addiction
24th – The Palace Theatre, MELBOURNE w/ Janes Addiction
26th – Soundwave Festival, MELBOURNE
27th – Soundwave Festival, ADELAIDE
Check out the new video for 'This Addiction' by Alkaline Trio. The album of the same name is available from the Hassle online store (click the 'Shop' link above).
Some brand spanking new tour info for all of you. See below for all the info you need...
BLAKFISH - The boys have just been announced as support to the mighty Biffy Clyro across Europe, which is phenomenal news for all the mainland B'fish fans out there. Check out the Blakfish Myspace for all the Biffy dates, as well as for info on the March headline tour.
ROLO TOMASSI - Fresh from selling out The Barfly in Camden last week, Rolo have announced a date at The Underworld in Camden on Friday 23/04/10. Click HERE to purchase as part of an extra special ticket / t-shirt bundle (see the t-shirt HERE). The band also head out next week supporting Enter Shikari on tour, so head over to the Rolo Tomassi Myspace for all the dates.
WE ARE THE OCEAN - As well as their current in-store run (details HERE), the band have also been named as support to Lostprophets on three dates in February and as main support to Madina Lake on their March / April UK tour. Go to the We Are The Ocean Myspace for details on all the shows.
CANCER BATS - This is hot off the press! Cancer Bats have announced a one-off gig at The Garage in London on Friday 16/04/10. This will be the band's ONLY show in the UK in support of their third album 'Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones'. Support comes from Hassle Records label mates Trash Talk, and tickets are available HERE.
Alkaline Trio 'This Addiction' available for pre-order
Posted by Mike
, Monday, 25 January 2010
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 )
Alkaline Trio's forthcoming album 'This Addiction' is now available to pre-order from the Hassle Records store .
'This Addiction' will be released 22/02/10 and comes on CD / Deluxe CD + DVD / LP and MP3 download, complete with a range of exclusive bundle options, including t-shirt and beanie hat (as below).
In addition to the instore performance announced below, the WATO guys have added some more signings at record shops around the country. They'll be doing their thing at the following places to support the release of 'Cutting Our Teeth':
Signings 1st Feb – Reflex, 23 Nun St , Newcastle , NE1 5AG (5pm) 2nd Feb – Avalanche, 34 Dundas St , Glasgow , G1 2AQ (4.30pm) 3rd Feb – Crash, 35 The Headrow, Leeds , LS1 6PU (5pm) 4th Feb – Spillers, 36 The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1AJ (5pm) 5th Feb – Tempest Records, 83 Bull St, Birmingham, B4 6AB (5pm)
Instore signing and live performance 13th Banquet, Kingston , London (6pm)
Big announcement this - We Are The Ocean will be joining the likes of All Time Low, You Me At Six and The Blackout by playing a free instore show for those very lovely people over at Banquet Records (that's Kingston in Zone 6 of London) on Saturday 13th February.
Details on the flyer below, but it's important to note that this will be the band's ONLY London area show around album release, so for all you capital city / Southern types, there's no excuse not to get down to see the boys do their thing.
Now, as flyer states, the instore is free and for all ages, but tickets are required and are only at the discretion of Banquet staff, so we suggest you sweeten them up a bit by either popping into the store to place a pre-order for We Are The Ocean's KKKK (Kerrang!) and 9/10 (Rock Sound) rated debut album 'Cutting Our Teeth' or take your chance to do so online @ banquetrecords.com
And for a preview for the kind of thing the boys will be dishing out, check these two videos we took from the band's support slot with Thrice on Monday night at The Cockpit in Leeds. Both songs are taken from 'Cutting Our Teeth', so also give you a flavour of what to expect from the new album.
