LONELY THE BRAVE
ANNOUNCE OCTOBER UK HEADLINE TOUR
ALBUM ‘THINGS WILL MATTER’ OUT NOW’
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"Hugely compelling…A remarkable second album" Q 4/5
"one of the most distinctive bands to have emerged in recent years continue to make bold strides into the unknown" Kerrang! KKKK
"A great British band with a great British rock album" Upset 4/5
"One of British rock's most exciting prospects" Total Guitar 4/5
"Saviours of alt-rock" DIY
Praise for Lonely The Brave’sBlack Mire, the first track released from ‘Things Will Matter’:
“A grandiose new sound”Evening Standard
“A big, hulking beast of a track”Shortlist
“Grungy, K2-sized riffs, chiming melodies and anguished vocals – this has 90’s alt.rock written all over it” –Metro
“This song confirms the band have lost none of the power of their critically acclaimed debut The Day’s War”Kerrang!
“An explosive return”Clash
Fresh off the back of releasing their critically acclaimed second album, ‘Things Will Matter’, today Lonely The Brave announce a huge UK tour for October, including Camden’s Electric Ballroom, which will be their biggest London headline show to date. Tickets for these newly announced dates go on sale on Tuesday 31st May. The band are currently on tour (playing Newcastle’s Riverside this evening) and will be making appearances at several festivals over the summer including Latitude and 2000 Trees.
“Things Will Matter”, their second album, marks their first full LP featuring second guitarist Ross Smithwick; the interplay between himself and founding guitarist Mark Trotter adding more depth to an already significant sound. Experimentation and ambition are a key part of a record brimming with ideas – from the pulse behind the minimalist, claustrophobic opener “Wait In The Car” to the cataclysmic post-rock magnificence of closer “Jaws Of Hell”, this is a play-through album. There’s the doomy intensity of comeback track “Black Mire”, through to the hooks David Jakes is already well known for in the anthemic choruses to “Rattlesnakes”, “Dust & Bones” and “Radar”.
Lonely The Brave’s debut, “The Day’s War”, was an album both critically acclaimed and adored by fans, receiving the full 5K’s in a lead Kerrang! review and a similarly glowing two-page lead in Rock Sound. What set Lonely The Brave apart from their peers was how they couldn’t be hemmed into that rock world alone – also picking up accolades from the likes of The Independent, The Telegraph, Mojo and The Guardian and prestigious support slots with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and band favouriteDeftones. All of which pointed to a diversity in their sound, a perceived longevity and perception beyond their young years as a band. And a fair one too, the group evoking a classic, alternative-rock sound ahead of others, influenced by the diverse likes of dEUS, Screaming Trees, Mogwai, Defeater, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam and The National.
Lonely The Brave are:
David Jakes – Vocals
Mark Trotter – Guitar
Ross Smithwick – Guitar
Andrew Bushen – Bass
Gavin “Mo” Edgeley – Drums
UK Tour just announced:
*with special guests Tall Ships
03.10.16The HauntBrighton*
04.10.16ChinnerysSouthend*
06.10.16Electric BallroomLondon*
07.10.16Marble FactoryBristol*
10.10.16Rescue RoomsNottingham*
11.10.16King TutsGlasgow*
14.10.16O2 Academy 2Leicester*
15.10.16The Key ClubLeeds*
18.10.16O2 Academy 2Oxford*
19.10.16WellyHull*
21.10.16O2 Academy 2Birmingham*
22.10.16SWN Festival Cardiff
Upcoming Tour Dates:
08.07.162000 Trees FestivalCheltenham - United Kingdom
15.07.16Truck FestivalOxford - United Kingdom
16.07.16Latitude FestivalHenham Park, Suffolk -United Kingdom
31.07.16Y Not FestivalDerbyshire - United Kingdom
27.08.16Anchored To The Sound Festival, Plymouth - United Kingdom
03.09.16Fort FestBedford - United Kingdom
Tickets for the October tour will be available from 9am Tuesday 31st May at:
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Please contact or on 020 8281 0989 for more info.