A Place To Bury Strangers release Onwards To The Wall, their debut EP on Dead Oceans February 6 on CD/12″/Digital formats. The EP contains five brand new, pummelling tracks.

Lead song  ”So Far Away” takes all the pure pop perfection of The Box Tops’ “The Letter” and shoots it through with a barely-harnessed dark energy and snarling propulsion.

Watch “So Far Away” video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-QY_rkJLI

The track can also be downloaded for free here:

http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/sofaraway.mp3

Onwards To The Wall packs every bit of the searing sonic maelstrom listeners have come to expect from APTBS. Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by APTBS themselves, this is the sound of a band in control of making out-of-control music. Now joined by bassist Dion Lunadon, formerly of The D4, lead singer and guitarist Oliver Ackerman has found a crucial companion in pulling timeless melodies from their jet engine textures. The adroit songcraft that’s always been there is brought to the fore, with familiar pop hooks repurposed for maximum carnage. A handful of contemporary bands are currently exploring the new limits of loud. Here, APTBS proves that they have not only been leading that charge, but that they are also evolving and maturing on those front lines.

Onwards To The Wall is a fresh, complete artistic statement from APTBS. It’s a new chapter, a prelude for what awaits us on the horizon. It is a taste of greatness to come.

A Place to Bury Strangers have announced they will bring their senses-stunning live show back to the UK. Here are full dates:

May 8th – London, Cargo

May 9th – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds

May 10th – Manchester, Sound Control

May 11th – Glasgow, King Tuts

May 12th – Newcastle, Cluny

May 13th – Leeds, Cockpit

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Rainy Boy Sleep has released his video for the ‘Shopping Centre Song’ – the lead track from his EP released to coincide with his support of James Morrison on his UK tour.

The video is available here:

You can see him on tour with James Morrison at the remaining dates on the tour:

3-Feb-12 Cambridge  Corn Exchange
4-Feb-12 Southampton  Guildhall
6-Feb-12 Leicester De Montford Hall
7-Feb-12 Birmingham  O2 Academy
9-Feb-12 London Hammersmith Apollo
10-Feb-12 London Hammersmith Apollo
12-Feb-12 Southend Cliff Pavillion
13-Feb-12 Bristol Colston Hall
15-Feb-12 Glasgow O2 Academy
17-Feb-12 Leeds  O2 Academy
18-Feb-12 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
19-Feb-12 Newcastle O2 Academy

23 year old Rainy Boy Sleep, aka Stevie Martin, has been hailed as one of Northern Irelands bright new acts. With his unique song writing, haunting voice and production skills, he spent the Summer of 2011 capturing the hearts of many – playing Glastonbury, Hard Rock Calling (Hyde Park London) and the Reading and Leeds Festivals on the BBC introducing stage and many more. He even supported Cyndi Lauper on her UK tour, which gave Stevie the opportunity to sing ‘Time after Time’ onstage at London’s Hammersmith Apollo with Cyndi herself.

‘Days’ is the third single to be taken from The Drums’ second album ‘Portamento’. Standing out for its sparse thorny guitar, foreboding harmonies and crest-fallen sentiment,  the track perfectly showcases The Drums’ knack for making the melancholy feel so alluring and cathartic.

The Drums’ frontman Jonny Pierce explains, “When I wrote and recorded it I thought it might be just another heartbreak song, but when I listened back to it I saw it was more than that. It was a reaction to years of trying to make things work one way and then having a breakthrough and realizing sometimes you have to start over completely from scratch to be at peace with yourself. “

The single’s release date of February 27^th 2012 also sees The Drums headline an NME Awards Show at London’s Roundhouseas part of a short UK tour. Support will come from Spector.

Prior to these dates, the band will be heading to Australia and Singapore for the Laneway Festival and two shows in Melbourne and Sydney with Cults.

Full 2012 UK tour dates:

February 26: Liverpool, Academy 2
February 27: London, Roundhouse (NME Awards Show)
February 28: Oxford, Academy 2

See The Drums perform an acoustic version of Days, as well as a few other tracks, at a secret last minute set in East London just before Christmas: http://bit.ly/x5sTtE

The band’s second album, ‘Union City Breath’, was released in October last year. Much like its predecessor, ‘Born To Ruin’, it has been very well received nationwide and throughout mainland Europe by fans and critics alike. Produced and engineered by Peter Miles (The King Blues, The Computers, Sonic Boom Six), the album is a triumph of punk rock energy, alt. country vitality and rabble-rousing honesty.

Not easy to categorise, and all the better for it, Crazy Arm’s sound is an accumulation of decades of influence and inspiration: rooted in hardcore/punk, ‘60s protest folk/country and Springsteen-esque classic rock’n’roll. They combine this with a grass-roots political overview that embraces anti-war, anti-fascist and pro-community activism.

FEBRUARY 2012
29th – White Rabbit, Plymouth (with Austin Lucas + Apologies I Have None + Great Cynics)

MARCH 2012
1st – Croft, Bristol (with Austin Lucas + Apologies I Have None + Great Cynics)
2nd – The Hydrant, Brighton (with Apologies I Have None + Great Cynics)
3rd – Firebug, Leicester (with Apologies I Have None + Great Cynics)
4th – Fighting Cocks, Kingston (with Apologies I Have None + Great Cynics)
5th – Norwich (with Apologies I Have None + Great Cynics)

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