Rat Boy is set to take his anarchic live show on tour for his biggest headline tour to date. The announcement comes as Rat Boy prepares to release his first new material of the year.

Ahead of the release of his debut album, Rat Boy has proved impossible to pigeonhole – his charismatic and often narrative lyrics being the constant in a sound that encompasses hip-hop, indie, punk, big beat, and electro-pop. Always eager to discover disparate new influences, his previous EP Get Over It was further inspired by lost cuts from the worlds of USSR funk and retro Japanese folk.

Rat Boy has just been nominated for Best Music Video for ‘Get Over It’ at the NME Awards. Co-directed with his friend Tommy D, the DIY video also features a car built by his dad.

Rat Boy will play:

April

25th – Glasgow, O2 ABC

26th – Leeds, University Union

27th – Newcastle, University

28th – Stoke, Sugarmill

29th – Oxford, O2 Academy 1

May

1st – Norwich, Waterfront

2nd – Birmingham, O2 Institute 1

3rd – Bristol, Bierkeller

5th – Manchester, Academy 1

6th – London, Roundhouse

Tickets for all shows go on general sale from 9am on Friday February 3rd. Spring King support at London and Manchester, with support for the remaining shows to be confirmed soon.

Kildare garage rockers Clive Edgar Bryce have a new double A-side out now. ‘Like Yo Yos’ and ‘Tyfanni’s Breakfast’ are staples of the band’s live set. The band are Rob Kent (Alright You Restless, Scarecrow Disco) and Peter O'Shea (Fight Like Apes, So Cow).

The project was initiated as a nostalgic celebration of a joint teenage fandom of pop-punk legends like NOFX, Rancid, Green Day, Bad Religion and on and on. After jamming out a few dodgy cover versions, the originals started to flow and the sound developed more in keeping with their current garagey, rough round the edges taste. This double A-side is 100% self produced.

Check out ‘Like Yo Yos/Tyfanni’s Breakfast’ here.