Eight questions with Kevin Pearce

1. Who is Kevin Pearce? (a short introduction )

Kevin Pearce is a songwriter, producer and performer from Colchester in sunny Essex. I have self released three albums to date, but have just been signed for my 4th record 'So 'On'.

2. When was your upcoming album ‘So On’ recorded, and where? If there is an interesting story behind how you and any producers and session players met and started playing together, please do share!

'So On' was written and recorded over the last 12 months and produced by myself in my studio. It's the thing I'm most proud of to date and within the recording of it, I was able to draft in many musical friends (Double Bass by Eddie Myer of Turin Brakes, Synthesizers by I Monster to name a few )

3. We’re loving the new live video of atmospheric track ‘Jump’, what’s the story behind that one?

'Jump' is basically about recklessness, something I have been quite a lot of my life and also something we are seeing in current modern politics (Brexit, Trump etc). 

It creates hysteria and whips people up into a frenzy, with no end goal in site except to create a reaction and disrupt things, or for people to profit from in one way or another. 

So the song is playing with that idea between the personal and political ends of the spectrum.

4. Who is your audience and how do you connect with your fans? Any crazy, fun, exciting stories are very welcome.

My audience is any one who appreciates what i'm doing ;)

In all seriousness though, I have a very loyal, cult following who have stuck by me. I've even received gifts off some - orange wool for my microphone (which you can still see at gigs to this day) and a vegan cupcake are some of the highlights !

5. You’re playing some support slots for us with JINNWOO, Khamsina and homeplanetearth over September, have you seen any of them live before?

I've not seen them live before but I have had a listen online and all three acts have a good vibe. Looking forward to hearing and meeting them at the shows.

6. Will you be playing solo or with your band for these shows? How do you feel this alters your performance?

These will be solo shows. Solo shows tend to be in smaller venues where I feel I can almost be with the audience and its much easier to gauge a reaction on how a performance is going. With my band we tend to get in a zone and its only an hour or so after playing I can tell how it went.

7. What does your dream gig look like? Are there any artists you’ve love to support, or perhaps to collaborate with on a performance?

The Albert Hall would be my dream show. With a forest for a stage. Not sure the venue would be up for it but still...... In terms of a dream collaboration, i'd have to say Bjork.

8. What does the rest of the year hold for you, and looking towards 2017?

The rest of 2016 will see me play a ton of shows up and down the UK and a couple of single releases ahead of a very hectic looking 2017 with a 3rd single and then the release of the new album 'So On' around May.

Kevin Pearce supports at a few shows in September... JINNWOO in Brighton on 11th and Norwich on 25th, Khamsina in Oxford on 18th and homeplanetearth in Southampton on 26th. He's also heading back to Brighton to headline on 30th October. All tickets and info here!

Eight questions with Khamsina

1. Who are Khamsina and where did the name come from? (a short introduction)

We are now a four piece band based in Oxford, consisting of myself, Stevie, on vocals and keys, Jamie on guitar, Swing on bass and Hoppy on the drums. It was originally just me performing as a solo artist until a few years ago when I started playing with Swing and Hoppy. Jamie joined us very recently in February (but we love having him!) The name comes from the Arabic ‘Khamsin’ which is a trade wind that travels across the Sahara towards Egypt. They call it the Northern Wind. The word sounded nice with an ‘a’ on the end…

2. Performing at times as a solo artist and at others as a band, how do you feel this affects the music?

Hmm, interesting question. I am not sure that playing as a band or a solo artist or even a stripped back version of the band affects the music too much, in the sense that, I think it more affects the audience. When the songs are just piano and vocal, there is a lot more intimacy and focus on the lyrics. When there are all four of us, the audience is more emerged in the music, rather than focused on just one aspect of it. The songs were all originally piano and vocal as that’s how they are composed which I think helps for them to stand alone as their own acoustic entity or be fleshed out with the entire band. Personally, I definitely prefer playing as a full band as I think the dynamic on stage between us as musicians and friends is the best feeling and this probably comes out in the music.

3. When was your recent track ‘Clouds’ recorded and where? If there is an interesting story behind how you and any producers and session players met and started playing together, please do share!

‘Clouds’ was recorded along with eleven other songs in preparation for our album launch. We started recording in the summer last year and have just finished about a month ago so it’s been a long time coming. We did our recording at Silver Street Studios in Reading, with Umair Chaudhry as our sound engineer. We were lucky enough to have Nigel from Vienna Ditto (check them out if you haven’t!) play some lead guitar on a few of our tracks, of which ‘Clouds’ is one. I met Nigel a long time ago through the owner of Silver Street Studios, Chris, at one of my gigs and I have been in awe of his guitar playing ever since.

4. The track comes from your debut album ‘Everything I Am’, how does it feel to have an album ready to release? Are any surprises in store for the Oxford Bullingdon launch gig next month?

Umm…pretty crazy actually. We had originally planned to release an album in February this year but life got in the way, as it usually does, and the release date became uncertain for quite a while. Y’know, you go through these moments where you wonder if it will ever be finished and ready because there is so much work to do. So, it’s in a pretty exciting stage now, getting everything sent off and printed in time for the launch. It’s been a long wait for both us and those that have been following us since the start and I think we are all stoked that we will finally be able to hold the album in our hands soon! We do have a few surprises waiting for our audience at our launch gig. We will in fact be giving away a pair of Wireless Beats Headphones (they’re blue!) to a member of our audience that evening…so do make sure you’re there to be in with a chance ;)

5. How are you preparing for the launch show on 18th September and your Tigmus show a couple of weeks earlier supporting SEA + AIR?

Mostly, we are just keeping our rehearsal schedule going (as best we can) and getting to know our songs really well. Tigmus have supported us quite a lot, helping to get support acts and posters ready, which we are so grateful for. We’ve also been working on a new music video and some other little projects to keep the momentum going leading up to our launch. When we were recording, we weren’t as active as a band as we would like to be just because we were so busy but now we’re just keeping our heads down and working on our music to lead up to a really good launch night that everyone can enjoy!

6. Who is your audience and how do you connect with your fans? Any crazy, fun, exciting stories are very welcome.

Our audience…it’s usually extremely varied from small children to big adults or pop lovers or jazz enthusiasts. Although Facebook tells me that the majority of our fans are between 18 and 34 if that narrows it down. I know that every single one of us loves it when we know an audience is enjoying our music and talking to those people or hearing how they felt and their feedback is so great. We’re hoping to start a mailing list soon so that we can keep in touch with our fans and let them know all the behind-the-instruments gossip! After our gig at the O2 in Oxford, we met three people who had come to see us again from watching us play the Oakford in Reading. That was pretty exciting for us so we hand-wrote them an invite to come to the band afterparty that night. They are very good friends of ours now and so supportive – it’s really wonderful.

7. What does your dream gig look like? Are there any bands you’re big fans of that you’d love to play with? Or maybe any favourite local bands you’d love to get as support acts?

Personally, I don’t have a dream gig, mostly because I’m not really sure what that would actually look like. It’s almost a question that’s got so many possible answers that I’m not sure which one I would prefer. Across the band we have a lot of different favourite artists so getting them all on one bill would be pretty hard! I think as long as we’re playing gigs where there is an audience enjoying themselves, then we’re pretty set.

8. What does the rest of the year after the album release hold for you, and looking towards 2017?

The rest of the year will hopefully hold a small tour across England to celebrate our album launch and then working on the next project. We’re hoping to really showcase our album and play some more venues and towns we’ve not yet had a chance to explore as a four piece band. We’ve got a lot to learn still and there is still a lot of work to be done as we are all moving into new stages in our lives, but it’s definitely going to become a bit more exciting in the next few months.

Oxford! Khamsina headline The Bullingdon for their album launch show on 18th September, but if you can't wait quite that long you can catch them supporting SEA + AIR next Sunday (4th September) at Ark T Centre.

Tig Digs: Roberto y Amigos 'Home in Your Heart'

Team Tigmus have been loving this Roberto y Amigos track lately - we thought it couldn't get better than the superb Monster Love EP that they launched at Oxford's Art Jericho show back in Feb, but the new tracks on their Soundcloud are proving us wrong!  

After brilliant support sets back in February and March at our Little Mammoths and Martin Harley shows, we're excited to have the guys back supporting at our homeplanetearth Oxford show on 16th September. With Jonny off to university this year it might be their last gig with him for a while (if you needed persuasion) so grab a ticket through the Tigmus site here. Polar Front and Little Red are also joining them on the night! 

If you can't wait that long... Robin and Jonny are also headlining The Bullingdon next Saturday (3rd September) with their other band, Neverlnd. More info on that show here.

Eight questions with SEA + AIR

(c) Tim Dobrovolny

1. Who are SEA + AIR and where did the name come from? (a short introduction)

SEA + AIR are a Greek/German couple. We met in Germany, where SEA + AIR phonetically also means "she and he". It also describes our personal characters. The Greek girl growing up next to a lot of water. The German boy growing up in a remote place in the mountains.

2. How long have you been making music as SEA + AIR? What have been the highlights so far?

We started in 2010. Even before we decided for a name we already got the opportunity to support Whitney Houston on her last tour. Which was a bizarre and amazing early highlight. A completely strange world. Ever since we've played over 1000 shows in 30 countries. Seeing so many places, meeting so many people, getting a picture of the real Europe, is a recurring highlight. So much that we called our latest album "Evropi", Europe in Greek. And told the crazy story of Eleni's ancestors, who lived all across Europe, which we kind of repeated on that trip.

3. Your Twitter bio reads ‘A Greek folklore dancer who had to sing secretly when she was a kid and a German composer who can't read music?’ and your Facebook page lists your genre as ‘Ghost Pop’ - how would you describe your music to people who haven’t listened to it before?

Well it's Pop Music in its pure sense. Everyone can understand it. But it sounds like nothing you've heard before. The "Ghost" - level comes from the ancient Greek and baroque instruments we use on stage: Bouzouki, lyra, harpsichord. And from the way of composing our songs. Using ancient techniques, for example the singing technique of the Balkan area where Eleni's grandparents come from. Music that we heard when we were too little to try understanding music or what' s cool. Music that connects with your feelings more than with your intellect. Spiritual, emotional, very dark and very bright.

4. Who is your audience and how do you connect with your fans? Any crazy, fun, exciting stories are very welcome.

The funny thing is that we connect with completely unrelated scenes. More than any other artist we know. That means a lot of strange audiences we play to. Hipster venues, folk festivals, progressive rock audiences, punk nights, etc. 

One remarkable show was in Leipzig, Germany at the Wave Gothic Convention. The venue was a beautiful old theatre. Setting up and soundchecking was pretty normal. Usually we turn off the lights when we enter the stage. So we don't see the audience before we start the chorus of the first song. This time I opened my eyes and saw 500 seats full of Goths dressed in black and very delicate dresses. I forgot singing for a moment. They were making this place so much more beautiful. Usually we' re the only black dressed persons in the room. Oh my goth! We love them!

5. We can’t wait for your Oxford show at Ark T Centre as part of your first headline England tour. Will you be getting in some sightseeing before the show?

Of course. This will be our second in Oxford and we haven't seen anything yet. Maybe the university to understand why we learned Oxford English in school, which we never heard again anywhere? Or the Radiohead museum?

6. After supporting Whitney Houston on a huge European tour, how do you find smaller headline shows compare to these big arenas? Do you favour the intimacy?

We favour the mix of everything. Our live shows have a very spontaneous character. Sometimes playing in a living room feels more like an arena than a stadium. Sometimes we suck and 4.000 people see us fail. Pretty intense.

7. What does your dream gig look like? Any bands that you’d love to play alongside?

Any band with a music loving audience would be cool. I think U2 would be cool. Even if this sounds weird: I believe that they've only got music lovers left in their audience. They're so uncool and anti-fashion that everyone who' s there must be there for the music. How cool! But there are other bands that have their own kind of audience. Kate Bush, Dead Can Dance. And we' d also do well to a metal crowd I think. Slayer for example.

8. What does the rest of the year (and even looking towards 2017) hold for you?

Well we have to finally show the UK some radical music again. We wanna come over many times in the next couple of years and show you guys what Europe really means. Hehehe. We're from the two uncoolest pop countries at the moment. That means we can start a completely new page. Invent exciting music without labels. Hope you guys will be the first to tell your friends about us. In 5 years you will be considered hip for that. Ha!

SEA + AIR play Oxford's Ark T Centre as part of their debut England tour on 4th September, tickets are available here.

Tig Digs: Vidar Norheim 'Crystalised'

Following his shows for us earlier this Summer we can't wait for Vidar Norheim's Liverpool show at The Fenton next week. He's a Norweigan musician, composer and producer, based in Liverpool, and a member of the band Wave Machines. In the run up to the show we're digging this video of his track Crystalised.

Vidar Norheim plays a hometown EP launch as part of his debut UK tour on 25th August, tickets here. 

Eight questions with Little Brother Eli

1. Who are Little Brother Eli and where did the name come from? (a short introduction)

Little Brother Eli was formed in 2013 by lead vocalist Alex Grew & bass player Josh Rigal. The pair were joined by guitarist Adam Stowe and drummer Benji Page who began sharing their eclectic mix of musical influences along with lap steel slide guitar specialist Tom Williams. They create their own blend of bluesy garage rock by combining powerful, soulful vocals with growling guitars and bring the sound together with an infectious, rock solid hip-hop back beat. The name refers to a character in the 2008 movie 'There Will Be Blood'.

2. When did you form, and what have the highlights been for the band since then?

2016 has been a great year for us so far with lots of exciting gigs. Playing Common People was awesome but the highlight for me was packing out The Bullingdon in Oxford for our album launch party in June. It was so much fun and great to see all that support from the guys in our home city.

3. We love your recent debut album ‘Cold Tales’, when was it recorded, and where? If there is an interesting story behind how you and any producers & session plays met and started playing together, please do share!

Thanks! I quite like it too! It was recorded last year in London at The Animal Farm. We work with them as our management so we already had a close relationship with everybody involved which makes things a lot easier and fun! It's a great feeling to work on something you love with people that are equally as passionate as you are.

4. Who is your audience and how do you connect with your fans? Any crazy, fun, exciting stories are very welcome.

We seem to appeal to a variety of people which is pretty cool. We're very active on all the regular social media sites/apps but personally I really enjoy just chatting to people after the shows. I do have a couple of stories but none I can share I'm afraid...

5. You play a lot of Sofar Sounds shows - how do you find that the experience differs in these stripped back acoustic shows with intimate crowds to the more typical venues?

Sofar shows are always great! The audience is always so attentive and you never know what kind of venue you'll play next. We've played halls, on a boat and in someone's front room once. Seriously!

6. We can’t wait for your huge headline show upstairs at the O2 Oxford in October, especially after your superb support set for us there almost a year ago for Neverlnd (Ocelot’s gig of the year!) How are the excitement levels, and are you planning any surprises for the show?

Yeah we're all a bit excited about that too! Playing in Oxford is always fun for us but this one has a really special feel about it. There may be a surprise or two but I'm not going to spoil anything! We have been working on some new material lately. Maybe that'll get into the set..

7. What does your dream gig look like? Any bands that you’d love to play alongside?

Ooh difficult question! To be honest, any gig where people are into the music and enjoying themselves is a dream for me. Doesn't matter if it's to fifty or a thousand people, if you can connect with the audience then the rush is the same. For me anyway. Although, we haven't sold out Wembley stadium yet.. I imagine that'd feel pretty cool.

8. What does the rest of the year (and even looking towards 2017…. it’s not that far away!) hold for you guys?

Well work on album number two has already begun which I expect will keep us busy for the rest of the year. Then if all goes to plan then that will be out in 2017. In the mean time we are off on tour around Germany and Holland in September.

Little Brother Eli play O2 Academy Oxford 2 on 14th October and Bleach Brighton on 16th October - tickets for both here!

Eight questions with Hilang Child

(c) Carys Lavin

1. Who is Hilang Child and where did the name come from? (a short introduction)

Hilang Child is Ed Riman, a half-Welsh, half-Indonesian Londoner. There's no real deep meaning behind the name, other than a pseudonym to hide behind... 'Hilang' means 'lost' or 'missing' in Indonesian.

2. How long have you been making music as Hilang Child? What have the highlights been so far?

The first thing I did as Hilang Child was a free EP called First Writings in 2012, which got re-released on Third Rock a year later. Those were the first songs I ever wrote. I'd been doing music a little bit longer than that though, mainly as a drummer for various projects. There's been a few highlights, it's hard to whittle down but I'd say the launch show for my self-titled EP last year was a proud moment. I hadn't done many headline shows and it felt pretty special packing out my own show and seeing so many familiar faces in the audience. I also remember finding it pretty exciting the first time I heard my stuff on the radio and saw people blogging about me, it seemed crazy.

3. How is work on the debut album going? If there is an interesting story behind how you and any producers & session plays met and started playing together, please do share!

Album's nearly done, touch wood! It's currently being mixed by Kwes, really exciting to have him involved as he has such an interesting way of working and I'm a big fan of his stuff, both as a producer and artist. The album is a mix of some home recordings, studio recordings and bits & pieces recorded elsewhere too. It's a bit of a change in direction from past EPs, it's a lot more self-produced than previous stuff. I enjoy working with others but I just felt like nothing I've previously released really ended up sounding how I had first envisioned and I feel quite disconnected from it because of that. So it was just so refreshing to have full control and the freedom to do things my way; doing it in your own space in your own time really fuels creativity, I got a lot more experimental with production and composition elements. I had fun recording stuff like kalimbas & harmoniums, beer bottles, stretching, reversing and manipulating my voice - even managed to slip in some Balinese kecak chanting. I'm really glad I went back to basics and did it my way.

4. We loved having you play on our stage at The Alternative Escape back in May, what have you been up to since then? We saw that you played at Leefest recently - how was that?!

Thanks for having me on your stage, I enjoyed it! Since then I've pretty much just been finishing the album whilst doing occasional little bits of session stuff. Leefest was a bit tough, I was playing on a tiny little stage in the woods with a small sound system and as the main stage was so loud I got drowned out a bit. It was a nice little festival though with an amazing story behind it, really good to see how it's grown to what it is today.

5. Who is your audience and how do you connect with your fans? Any crazy, fun, exciting stories are very welcome.

I guess for the modern artist it's quite nice to be able to connect with fans so easily. Still blows my mind when I get messages from people on the other side of the world who have felt something listening to my music.

6. We can’t wait for your show supporting JYLDA in September. It’s her debut London show - any sightseeing tips?

South London is better than North London. Stay away from Oxford Street, the most polluted hellhole on earth.

7. What does your dream gig look like? Any bands that you’d love to play alongside?

Go on youtube and search Sigur Ros Olsen Olsen Heima. That'd be my dream gig. Not sure about specific other bands, but I've always had this weird dream of at some point collaborating with some other artist to cover the whole of the Smile album by The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson. Hehe.

8. What does the rest of the year (and even looking towards 2017) hold for you?

To be honest, I have no idea! All I've been thinking about is getting this album finished and ready to release, so hopefully soon it'll be ready and I'll have a plan. Fingers crossed the wait won't be too long.

Hilang Child supports JYLDA on her debut London show at Servant Jazz Quarters on 6th September alongside Sera Eke and Brudini, tickets here.

Eight questions with Dear Hero

(c) Helen Messenger

1. Who are Dear Hero and where did the name come from? (a short introduction)

Dear Hero are an Oxford based Post-Punk band consisting of Nick Rand on Bass Guitar, Pete Armstrong on Synth, Simon Calver on Drums, James Askwith on Guitar and Sean Stevens on vocals. We are all big fans of The Smiths, and in particular Steven Patrick Morrissey. Being in our mid twenties we don't tend to take ourselves too seriously. Everything is very tongue in cheek thus the inspiration for our band name came from a Morrissey song called 'Last of the famous international playboys'. We jammed it out once and the name was born from the first line of the song. We floated the idea of being a 'The' band, but then remembered it's not 2001.

2. When did you form, and what have the highlights been for the band since then?

We formed in the Summer of 2015. The band had been playing together for a while but is was through an advert in the local music press for a singer that things really started to take shape. Thus going from a jamming quartet, to a fully fledged rock and roll band. Being played and interviewed on BBC Introducing Oxford within six months of forming, for our debut track 'Paris' was quite a surreal thing. That really humbled us. Being endorsed by Richard McNamara from Embrace and being offered studio time in the bands own studio up in Leeds came a close second. Your first NightShift review is always a big deal for a band from Oxford, and fortunately they were very kind to us. Our first Jericho Tavern gig, playing the same stage our hometown heroes Radiohead once did. And finally the offer of a headline gig from Tigmus a year after forming. Rounded off our 12 months as a band perfectly.

3. When were ‘Paris’ and ‘She Never Knew’ recorded, and where? If there is an interesting story behind how you and any producers & session plays met and started playing together, please do share!

Those first two tracks were recorded in our home studio. James Askwith our guitarist is a producer by trade, and fortunately for us also a perfectionist. It only took a couple of takes from all of us on both of those tracks. But the production around them meant we didn't release them straight away. Songs are always evolving, and we went back to them after weeks away at time to pick out flaws. And ultimately we got there in the end. Ultimately we are a live band and that is what we love doing. But from a production point of view we want to make timeless tracks. We would never try what we do live onto a record, because we believe they are two different entities. If you go to a gig you don't want to hear a song played exactly the same. Otherwise you can stay at home and just listen to the CD.

4. Who is your audience and how do you connect with your fans? Any crazy, fun, exciting stories are very welcome.

We have punk fans who adore The Sex Pistols, 00's Strokes followers, 18 year olds and 67 year olds coming to our shows. We'd never want to conform to one demographic remit. A good song is a good song, and we appreciate every single individual who comes and has ever come to one of our gigs. If we leave a set with just one more new fan, that's a job well done. Yes the bass lines are throaty, the synth is intergalactic and the lyrics are depressing. It's all made with love. There's too much bad shit going on in the world right now. And we just want to put a smile onto peoples faces. As the opening segment to an Oasis album intro once started: 'FUN, NICE, LIFE, YOUTH, BEAUTIFUL. ALL ARE WELCOME' We floated the idea of a bubble wand at a recent festival, went down well with everyone under the age of ten. We're still working out our stage props!

(c) Helen Messenger

5. How do you usually prepare for a show, anything special for this hometown headline?

Pete our synth player is an inventor. Over Christmas he collected some scrap bits of metal he had lying around from a project. And as you do, made a BBQ. So we have a few ales and discuss the set over putting the world to rights the night before any gig. The day of we typically drink cocktails in Joe Perks having run the set in South Park acoustically, our favourite place in Oxford........ We're not your average indie band.

6. As the show is also a joint birthday celebration for James, Nick and Sean… any birthday present ideas for the rest of the band and the fans?!

James lives in PMT, but being an ECO-Warrior much like the rest of Oxford, he insists on cycling everywhere. So if people would like to chip in for a side car to carry his multiple collection of toys, and synths, his shoulders would appreciate it. Being a Joy Division addict, Nick only owns black t-shirts. So maybe some black jumpers to keep him warm in the upcoming Winter months. Sean is fond of Champagne Bellinis, but if your pockets don't stretch that far, Prosecco will suffice.

It's more important you spend your money on a ticket to come and watch your new favourite band.

7. What does your dream gig look like? Any bands that you’d love to play alongside?

Life goal is ultimately Glastonbury Pyramid. If Coldplay can headline four times, surely we can once?!! Common People done very well returning live music to South Park this summer. The dream would be a collective of all of our favourite hometown heroes getting together, most likely for a great cause, to emulate the huge Radiohead homecoming gig in 2001. We speak of the previous, Foals, Stornoway, Ride. Then the newbies with us amongst them, in particular Neverlnd, Robot Swans, Cameron AG, Esther Joy Lane and Neon Teepee. If one day we get to play alongside heroes like Peter Hook, Morrissey, Brandon Flowers, Alex Turner, The Strokes, New Order, then I think we'd sign out there and then. What more could you achieve.

8. What does the rest of the year (and even looking towards 2017…. it’s not that far away!) hold for you guys?

September we will be holed up in the studio writing. Then we come back out of our cocoon October to board the Oxford Tube to the big smoke and headline our first ever gig in Camden. There may be a very special Christmas show announced pretty soon via Tigmus......... watch this space. Then we'll spend the festive period with our friends, lovers and family's getting drunk down the Cowley Road. Festivals will very much be the theme this time next year, and we hope to have our debut album out by the end of 2017. We have our very special hometown headlining gig (EP LAUNCH SHOW) via Tigmus at The Library on Thursday 18th August - A Level results night. If that isn't an incentive to get drunk and party I don't know what is. For now, we just want to have fun. Make people fall in love with us. And fall in love with them. We're not just another indie band.......

Dear Hero play The Library in Oxford on 18th August, with support from 31hours and Year Of The Kite, tickets available here and all ticket holders get a free EP!

Tig Digs: Homeplanetearth 'Luca'

One of our favourite Oxfordshire bands, the lovely homeplanetearth, have recently released new track Luca which, the band writes, "discusses the feelings associated with an abusive relationship", a really mature topic for a band so young. Alongside Phat Phil and Find Me, the track is the third from the band's debut upcoming EP, which we can't wait to hear in full! The band played their first festival a couple of weeks ago at Truck Festival, and in September, we're really excited for them to have booked their debut tour with us, to promote the release of the EP, more info below... 

They kick off the tour with a huge Oxford show upstairs at the O2 Academy (with support from Roberto y Amigos, Polar Front and Little Red) on 16th September, before visiting Bristol's Crofters Rights, London's George Tavern, Norwich's The Waterfront Studio and The Joiners in Southampton. All the dates and tickets are here.