With their new album, The Make It All Show, set for release this Friday, May 11, via El Camino Media, Skating Polly have announced a September UK tour. Along with the dates, they’ve released yet another dose of their self-proclaimed "ugly pop" from the album with accompanying visuals. ‘Little Girl Blue and the Battle Envy’ belies its saccharine start, building to an explosive, cathartic crescendo.

“On the surface it’s about a soldier who would rather live with the shame of leaving her post or even a life sentence, than deal with all the pressure and commands that come with the “glory”” explains Kelli Mayo. “I guess on a more personal level it came from a place of feeling like no one was letting me make choices for myself and I was just being yanked into a billion different directions based on what they thought I should be."

There's a difficult to describe, yet timeless quality to certain songs that transcend genre or era. It's something that you can't fake or contrive and it's what lies at the core of Skating Polly's music. Admittedly the female-driven alternative acts that inspired the band such as Veruca Salt, X, The Breeders, L7 and Babes In Toyland (the latter of whom Skating Polly toured with in Europe) aren't typical reference points for most of today's up-and-coming bands, but maybe they should be. “The thing that we identify with in a lot of those bands is that they can be really aggressive and loud while also being super melodic,” Kelli explains, adding that the new dynamic in the band helped them to be more expansive when it came to their arrangements: “Everything happened very smoothly when Kurtis became part of the band. It just felt natural having him there and writing with him.”

The threesome tracked their forthcoming fifth studio record this past Winter at Seagrass Studio in Los Angeles with producer Brad Wood (Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair) who also helmed last year’s New Trick EP (feat. Louise Post and Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt). With ages ranging between 17 and 21, Skating Polly continue to produce music well beyond their quantifiable years and ‘The Make It All Show’ is their most fully realized work yet, hinting at an even brighter future for one of rock’s most promising acts.

Skating Polly European live dates:

10th Sept - Sebright Arms, LONDON (UK)

11th Sept - Le Pub, NEWPORT (UK)

13th Sept - The Thunderbolt, BRISTOL (UK)

14th  Sept - Firebug, LEICESTER (UK)

15th Sept - Broadcast, GLASGOW (UK)

16th Sept - Hare and Hounds, BIRMINGHAM (UK)

17th Sept - Yardbirds Rock Club, GRIMSBY (UK)

Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering, Derbyshire’s award-winning, family-friendly festival, is delighted to announce that all tickets have now sold out for this year’s event, which features incredible headliners Robert Plant, Blossoms, Jimmy Cliff and Sleaford Mods, alongside a bill of more than 150 other live acts across 4-days.

There are no admission tickets remaining in any category. A small number of car parking passes, and a few tickets on the dedicated National Express Coach service from destinations around the UK are still on sale for pre-existing ticket holders only.

Bearded Theory Festival organisers are urging anyone without a ticket not to travel to the festival as none will be available at the gates, and to exercise extreme caution if attempting to purchase tickets on the secondary market.

Michael Eccleshall, Bearded Theory spokesperson says, “All of us at Bearded Theory are delighted that our Spring Gathering has once again sold out in advance. Despite an incredible line up for 2018, it can never be taken for granted. This incredible achievement is a testament to the hard work of all our staff and volunteers, and once again shows the incredible loyalty that Bearded Theory has built up over the years. We want to say a massive thank you to all those ticket holders who have supported us once again”.

THURSDAY 24TH - SUNDAY 27TH MAY 2018

ROBERT PLANT

& THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS

BLOSSOMS | JIMMY CLIFF | SLEAFORD MODS

JAKE BUGG | JESUS & MARY CHAIN | THE CORAL | IDLES

ELIZA CARTHY | FUN LOVIN CRIMINALS | MILBURN | DON LETTS

GENTLEMANS DUB CLUB | SLEEPER | WILL VARLEY | REWS | THERAPY? REVEREND & THE MAKERS | SHOW OF HANDS | THE RPMS | RUTS DC |

LATE NIGHT FUNHOUSE COMEDY

AND MORE THAN 150 MORE LIVE ACTS ACROSS 9 STAGES

ALL TICKETS SOLD OUT FOR BEARDED THEORY 2018

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