Sweet Billy Pilgrim Announce UK Tour
aaamusic | On 15, Mar 2012
Mercury Music Prize-nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim celebrate the forthcoming release of their third album, ‘Crown And Treaty’, with a UK headline tour. Dates are as follows:
April 7th – Bristol Louisiana
April 8th – Winchester Railway
April 17th – London, Hoxton Bar & Grill
May 19th – Brighton Green Door Store
May 20th – Guildford Boileroom
May 26th – Cambridge Portland Arms (in support)
These follow the very special acoustic performance the band are doing next Monday, 19th March, at Blacks Club in Soho.
Sweet Billy Pilgrim have just unveiled the video to their new single ‘Joyful Reunion’ the opening track to the new album. Directed by Julian Simpson (Dr. Who / Hustle / Spooks) and shot in a wintry North London, it is available to watch now here – http://vevo.ly/yGLmgK
The album ‘Crown And Treaty’ is released on April 16th on EMI Label Services. It is quite simply stunning. Heartfelt, beautiful, literate, artistic and capable of moving you to tears, it is the sound of a band taking a quantum leap forward, throwing every ounce of their belief, passion and dreams into the creation of a truly special body of work.
This is an album without a wasted moment, the sound of Sweet Billy Pilgrim stepping out of the shadows and establishing themselves as one of the most exciting surprises of 2012. Each and every song on ‘Crown And Treaty’ is an unfurling, revealing gem; a beautiful, moving, uplifting treat; a distillation of atmosphere that creates a whole new world to explore.
http://www.sweetbillypilgrim.com/
