Manchester four-piece The Slow Readers Club have released their new single, ‘Supernatural’. Weaving seamlessly between driving rhythms, lush, synth-laden tones and anthemic choruses, the single is the latest to be taken from the band’s third album, Build A Tower, and was remixed by Rich Turvey (Blossoms, The Coral, Courteeners). Regarding the new single frontman Aaron Starkie says, “Lyrically, ‘Supernatural’ is about love and vulnerability and the anxiety that comes with surrendering yourself to someone. Musically, it felt like new territory for us when we wrote it - you can hear a progression in our sound, and it's one of our favourite tracks on the album.”

Released in May this year via Modern Sky, Build A Tower went straight into the Official UK album chart Top 20 at number 18, 10 in the physical album chart, 4 in the vinyl chart, 4 in the indie album chart and number 1 in the cassette chart. The Slow Readers Club toured the UK extensively in support of the release earlier this year, which saw them sell out shows across the country including the 2,000 capacity Manchester Cathedral, within just hours of tickets going on sale, and London’s Islington Assembly Hall.

The band will be appearing at summer festivals including the main stage at Kendal Calling, Beautiful Days in Devon and Germany’s Haldern Pop Festival, before hitting the road again to play the biggest and most defining shows of their career yet – including shows at London’s Scala and Manchester’s O2 Apollo – and are happy to announce fellow Mancunians PINS as special guests on the London, Glasgow and Manchester dates of the tour.

THE SLOW READERS CLUB SUMMER FESTIVALS

28/07 – Kendal Calling, Kendal

10/08 – Haldern Pop Festival, Germany

18/08 – Beautiful Days Festival, Devon

27/10 – Kaltern Pop Festival, Italy

THE SLOW READERS CLUB HEADLINE TOUR DATES

OCTOBER

12th – Belfast, Limelight

15th – Dublin, Button Factory

DECEMBER

8th – Glasgow, School Of Art

11th – London, Scala

14th – Manchester, O2 Apollo

Following the release of their debut album last year, London-based four-piece H.Grimace are back with a brand new single, ‘In The Body’, which is laden with their dark, smoky post-punk sounds. Directed by British artist Georgina Starr, the video for their new track conjures a future-possible realm where women communicate through the power of coded gesture, instructional bodily ritual and the language of sculpted breath.

Speaking about the visuals, Starr said “The bubble is from the body, it is both sacred and profane. It is birth—the beginning of everything. It’s the first breath, the first word and the first sculpture. It is also a voice: the inside spoken OUT LOUD! The material is feminine. When it is chewed it becomes a potion or spell to transport and transform.”

The British artist Georgina Starr is renowned for her large-scale sculptural installations incorporating video, sound and performance. She has exhibited worldwide in galleries and museums from the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Tate Britain to Kunsthalle Zurich and the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney. Her magically complex works challenge the viewer to re-examine the self, the unconscious and its ever-morphing biographies through a glittering and melancholic theatre of memory, mythology, and fiction. The band were honoured to have her work with them.

Over the past year, H.Grimace have been travelling across the UK playing live, including shows with BODEGA, The Men, Japanese Television, Pork Pies & many more; they will continue to play shows across the UK for the rest of this year.

See H.Grimace live:

6th October: The Birds Nest supporting Slow Motion Cowboys, London

8th November: Rough Trade, Bristol