It’s hard to  think of winter right now but The Slow Readers Club have announced the addition of a further four shows for their headline tour this winter, with dates in Cork, Limerick, Dublin and Belfast joining their already announced shows in London, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Glasgow.

The announcement saw the band sell out the first of their Manchester dates within hours, with the second Manchester show and the London date quickly following suit. Now, the band have also announced that Jordan Allen will support the winter UK dates, with Spinn supporting for their Manchester show on December 20.

The shows follow a huge 32-date UK tour and a 16-date European tour earlier in the year, both of which saw the band play numerous sold-out shows, and a slew of festivals over the summer including Rock Werchter, Metropolis Festival and Mad Cool Festival.

Later in the year, the band will be releasing their Live At The Apollo Manchester LP/CD/DVD. The album celebrates their momentous headline show at the iconic venue ahead of the release of their fourth studio album, which the band are currently writing, next year. 

WINTER 2019 TOUR DATES

14/11 – Cyprus Avenue, Cork

15/11 – Dolans, Limerick

16/11 – Button Factory, Dublin

17/11 – Empire, Belfast

17/12 – The Dome, London* SOLD OUT

18/12 – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton*

19/12 – The Ritz, Manchester* SOLD OUT

20/12 – The Ritz, Manchester+ SOLD OUT

21/12 – The Garage, Glasgow*

Melbourne-based Jade Imagine have shared a new single and video ‘The News’, taken from their upcoming debut LP, Basic Love, due for release next week via Marathon Artists & Courtney Barnett's label, Milk! Records.

About the track, front-woman Jade McInally says: "I really can’t keep up with the news. No word of a lie. A story about accepting the fact that the wheels will always be turning, whether you like it or not. Sometimes it makes me angry. Sometimes I can’t stay on top of it all. This song wasn’t really in the mix to go on the record at first, but [producer/guitarist] Tim kept pushing to explore it... and it became one of the funnest and most playful to record."

The production behind Basic Love nicely adds to the dualistic feel of the album, recording each track live and using exclusively analog instruments to form an organic but artificial sensation. Produced and mixed by Tim Harvey with the jumping off point and guidance of Jade’s vision, each track lays gently over a bed of analogue warmth, alluding to past and future technologies and capturing the intimate essence of lo-fi recordings. It has a cohesive yet fluid sound achieved by an impeccable balance that prioritises the space and dynamics between instrumentation and vocals. It’s a neat and timeless production reminiscent of bands like Talking Heads, Broadcast, Blondie, Sonic Youth and Mazzy Star.

Following their debut EP, What The Fuck Was I Thinking?  (Milk Records, 2017), in Basic Love each member of jade imagine has consolidated their skills and role as part of a unit to create a powerful album in close consultation with each other. It’s an intimate collaboration where consideration and attention to detail create songs that speak of the personal as much as the political with much lyrical efficiency and technical poeticism.

Basic Love track list:

1. Gonna Do Nothing

2. The News

3. Big Old House  

4. Remote Control

5. I'll Take You There

6. The Weekend

7. Cut Me Off

8. Past Life

9. Get Out Of Your Head

10. Don't Say It's Over