THE BLINDERS have announced a run of intimate in-store appearances across the UK to coincide with the release of their eagerly awaited debut album: ‘Columbia’ this September.
Embarking on an intense six-day spree of record shops, the hotly tipped Doncaster trio now based in Manchester will perform live at the following venues and cities:
SEPTEMBER IN-STORE PERFORMANCES
21 – Manchester Fopp @ 4pm – TICKETS
22 – Preston Action Records – TICKETS
24 – Sheffield HMV – TICKETS
25 – Doncaster HMV – TICKETS
26 – Nottingham Rough Trade – TICKETS
27 – Leeds Jumbo Records – TICKETS
Please see individual events pages linked above for further details on each show.
Following their triumphant Reading & Leeds Festival appearances, the band now eye-up a headline set at the Tim Peaks stage at Festival No.6 on September 9th, and will undertake a 22-date UK headline tour throughout October and November.
The Blinders recently unveiled the video for current single ‘Brave New World’, a coruscating anthem about the distorting impact of hyper-capitalism, referencing everything from Trump’s Presidency to Aldous Huxley. ‘Brave New World’ is taken from The Blinders debut album ‘Columbia’, which will be released September 21st and is available to pre-order. The album also includes the singles ‘L’Etat C’Est Moi’, which was a Huw Stephens Tune Of The Week on Radio 1 and playlisted at 6Music, and ‘Gotta Get Through’, which spent five weeks at No.1 on Amazing Radio.
Loosely based around the concept of Columbia as “an alternate world informed by reality”, on the album The Blinders display a ferocious intelligence, as informed by history, literature and art as they are by Britain’s current political and economic woes. The striking cover of ‘Columbia’ pictures singer/guitarist Thomas Haywood in the tribal warpaint he wears for live shows, where he assumes the fearless persona of Johnny Dream. Produced by Gavin Monaghan (Editors, The Sherlocks, Goldblade), the album sees 21 year-old childhood friends Haywood (vocals, guitar), Charlie McGough (bass) and Matt Neale (drums) follow Johnny Dream on his spiritual awakening, from the coruscating swagger of the opening ‘Gotta Get Through’ to the raw, beautiful and ultimately redemptive finale ‘Orbit (Salmon Of Alaska)’.
The Blinders have been picking up specialist radio support since their first DIY releases from the likes of Radio 1’s Huw Stephens and Daniel P Carter, Radio X’s John Kennedy, and 6Music’s Chris Hawkins and Steve Lamacq, who recently had the band on his show for a BBC Music Introducing Session.
THE BLINDERS LIVE:
FESTIVAL SHOWS:
Sept 9 Festival No.6
Sept 29 Tenement Trail, Glasgow
HEADLINE TOUR:
OCTOBER 2018
Mon 15 Manchester Academy 2
Tues 16 Newcastle The Cluny
Thurs 18 Hull The Adelphi
Fri 19 Cardiff SWN Festival
Sat 20 Cardiff SWN Festival
Mon 22 Stoke-On-Trent The Sugarmill
Tues 23 Birmingham The Castle & Falcon
Weds 24 Nottingham Bodega
Thurs 25 Derby The Venue
Fri 26 Sheffield Plug
Sun 28 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Mon 29 Liverpool Buyers Club
Tues 30 Aberdeen, Drummonds
NOVEMBER
Thurs 1 Preston The Ferret
Fri 2 York The Crescent
Sat 3 Lincoln 2Q Festival
Mon 5 Oxford The Bullingdon
Tues 6 Cambridge The Portland Arms
Weds 7 London The Garage
Fri 9 Southampton Heartbreakers
Sat 10 Brighton The Haunt
Sun 11 Bristol Thekla
