aaamusic | On 21, Mar 2011

BEAT CONNECTION ANNOUNCE UK TOUR IN MAY
includes dates with Niki & The Dove and Toro Y Moi

“fully-realised….super” – DROWNED IN SOUND (single of the week)
“every elided syllable glistens under light” – PITCHFORK
“this tantalizing teaser promises good things to those who wait” – NME
“a tour de force of progressive rhythms and sweet melodies” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT
“impressive instrumental and compositional range” – THE GUARDIAN

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrYmDbB1q94
Listen: http://soundcloud.com/freeman-pr/sets/beat-connection-silver-screen-single/

Beat Connection, the first signings to Moshi Moshi’s Tender Age imprint, announce their debut UK Tour in May 2011, including dates supporting Niki & The Dove and Toro Y Moi.

Basking in the glow of the outstanding critical reception afforded debut single Silver Screen – fantasy pop sketched out in school books and constructed in ad-hoc studio spaces in Sorority houses – Beat Connection will embark on the following dates in support of mini-album Surf Noir, released on Tender Age on April 11th.

MAY
13 – BRIGHTON – Moshi Moshi Great Escape afterparty
18 – LEEDS – Nation of Shopkeepers (w/ Niki & The Dove)
19 – LONDON – Stag & Dagger
20 – BRISTOL – Start The Bus
21 – LIVERPOOL – Liverpool Sound City
22 – MANCHESTER – Deaf Institute (w/ Toro Y Moi)
23 – LONDON – Old Blue Last
24 – LONDON – White Heat
26 – PORTSMOUTH – The Kraken Wakes
27 – BOURNEMOUTH – 60 Million Postcards
28 – GLASGOW – Naive / Glasgow School of Art