aaamusic | On 25, Nov 2012

The Oxford quartet are proud to announce they have completed the follow-up to 2010’s award winning album Beachcomber’s Windowsill.

‘Tales From Terra Firma’ is due for release in March 2013 and the they have also announced a 25-date UK tour in support of the new album, kicking off on Friday 8th February. Tickets are on sale now.

These will be their first UK headline concerts since their acclaimed, sold-out Somerset House performance in front of an audience of three thousand fans, in August 2011.

On 5th December, the band will be taking part in the last of 12 A Room For London sessions, premiering songs from Tales From Terra Firma. A Room for London is a collaboration between Living Architecture and Artangel, in association with Southbank Centre and the London 2012 Festival. Streaming will be via the Guardian. Other artists who have graced the boat on top of the Southbank Centre include Andrew Bird, tUnE-yArDs and Jarvis Cocker.

2013 Tour:

Fri 8 Feb Hebden Bridge Trades Club
Sat 9 Feb Pocklington Arts Centre
Sun 10 Feb Middlesbrough Westgarth SC
Mon 11 Feb Glasgow Oran Mor
Tue 12 Feb Gateshead Sage Gateshead
Thu 14 Feb Oxford Town Hall
Fri 15 Feb Oxford Town Hall
Sat 16 Feb Folkestone Quarterhouse
Mon 18 Feb Newbury New Greenham Arts
Tue 19 Feb Poole Mr Kyps
Web 20 Feb Pontardawe Arts Centre
Thu 21 Feb Kingston New Slang/McCluskys
Mon 11 Mar Liverpool Kazimier
Tue 12 Mar Manchester Band On The Wall
Wed 13 Mar Leeds Cockpit
Fri 15 Mar Norwich Open
Sat 16 Mar Sheffield Leadmill
Sun 17 Mar Preston 53 Degrees
Tue 19 Mar Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Wed 20 Mar Brighton Concorde 2
Thu 21 Mar Bath Komedia
Sat 23 Mar Leamington Spa Assembly
Sun 24 Mar Exeter Phoenix
Mon 25 Mar Gloucester Guildhall
Wed 27 Mar London Forum