‘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

Fast-rising Brighton quartet Fighting Fiction release their eponymous self-titled debut album and new single ‘Turning Rebellion into Money’ through Xtra Mile Recordings on 27^th February 2012.

An infectious punk rock record, ‘Fighting Fiction’ is full of politically charged articulate lyrics, powerful driving rhythms and catchy refrains. Featuring the single ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll is Dead and its Corpse is for Sale’ – which received strong support from fan Radio 1’s Mike Davies – all ten tracks pack a powerful punch, hitting you the head as well as the heart. Recorded and produced by friend and highly credited producer Mark Williams, (Oceansize, Million Dead, Yourcodenameis:milo, Biffy Clyro & Enter Shikari) ‘Fighting Fiction’ perfectly captures the band’s honesty, integrity and knack for writing a great pop punk song.

With a DIY approach, their keen touring ethic has seen them play alongside Frank Turner, This Town Needs Guns, The Riot Before, The Xcerts, Laura Marling and Crazy Arm; as well as festival appearances at The Lock Up Stage at Reading and Leeds Festival, The Isle of Man TT, The Isle of Wight and 2000Trees.

With support coming in thick and fast from all corners of the industry the band are set for a fantastic 2012. Ones to watch!

Full UK and Europe tour to be announced soon.

Following the release of their incredible album ‘AVALANCHE UNITED’ in October 2011 and a successful run of headline shows in December, the Brooklyn quintet return to the UK in 2012 to tour with their friends and peers, Brand New and label-mates The Xcerts.

Rapidly selling out, this highly anticipated tour will be one to remember. Preceded by a small run of headline European dates with The Xcerts in support, full details are as follows:

FEBRUARY – European headline shows

1 Vienna Arena, Austria

2 59 to 1, Munich Germany

3 Kofmehl, Solothurn, Switzerland

4 Ex Haus, Trier, Germany

5 Logo, Hamburg, Germany

FEBRUARY – SUPPORTING BRAND NEW

8 O2 Academy Bristol
9 Manchester Academy SOLD OUT
10 Southampton Guildhall
11 London Roundhouse SOLD OUT
12 London Roundhouse
14 O2 Academy Glasgow
15 O2 Academy Birmingham
16 O2 Academy Newcastle
17 University Great Hall, Cardiff

The release of ‘AVALANCHE UNITED’ through new home Xtra Mile Recordings, was met with universal acclaim. Addictively melodic and blisteringly raw to its very core, the album was produced by the band, and executive produced and engineered by Avalanche’s prolific drummer Brett “The Ratt” Romnes, and mixed by Machine (Fall Out Boy, Every Time I Die, Four Year Strong).  Featuring 12 anthemic songs, including ‘Brooklyn Dodgers’, the bold ‘Holy Fuck’, the epic and somber ‘Dead Friends’ and ‘The Gravedigger’s Argument’ featuring Anthony Raneri from Bayside. Throughout, Caruana’s distinctive voice drips with defiance, humor and proud vulnerability as he sings about hope, heartbreak, death, defying adversity and the bonds between family, lovers and friends.

Coinciding with the Brand New tour dates the release of the life affirming, feel-good single ‘Brooklyn Dodgers.

THE ANSWER have confirmed the release of a brand new single / video for February 20th; titled ‘Nowhere Freeway’ and taken from the quartet’s latest / third studio album, ‘Revival’, the song – a duet with Saint Jude vocalist Lynne Jackaman – is the follow up to the ‘Vida (I Want You)’ single, and will be available as a three-track digital download.

The full track-listing will be:-

1)    Nowhere Freeway (feat. Lynne Jackaman)
2)    Battlecry (a previously unreleased studio recording, originally put to tape during the ‘Revival’ sessions in the US but only recently finished off)
3)    Nowhere Freeway (live acoustic – iTunes bonus track )

Tracks 1 + 2 are produced by Chris ‘Frenchie’ Smith and mixed by Chris Sheldon.

The Answer have filmed a video for ‘Nowhere Freeway’, with Lynne Jackaman taking a guest role.

ON THE live front, the band recently completed a run of dates in Europe Special Guesting with Whitesnake, and they will shortly be departing for a series of European headline shows, which will see them visiting Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands & Greece.

After this, they fly to Japan for a headline appearance in Tokyo, before heading out on a full tour of the UK & Ireland alongside The Union, with The Answerclosing all of the shows; these are as follows:-

MARCH

2nd – Dublin, Whelan’s
3rd – Belfast, Mandela Hall
4th – Cork, Cyprus Avenue
6th – Leeds, Cockpit
7th – Glasgow, Garage
8th – Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
10th – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
11th – Nottingham, Rock City
12th – Newcastle, 02 Academy
13th- Manchester, Academy 2
15th – London, Electric Ballroom
16th – Bristol, Academy 2
17th – Brighton, Concorde 2