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

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.

Lostprophets have announced the release of their brand new album ‘Weapons’ and their first headline UK tour in two years. The new album is released on April 2nd and is followed by a 14 date tour of the UK and Ireland culminating with a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.

It’s been two years since the Welsh sextet released their fourth studio album, ‘The Betrayed’ (January 2010). Two very hectic years. After triumphant tours across the UK and Europe on which they played in front of tens of thousands of people, Kerrang! Magazine bestowed the prestigious ‘Classic Songwriters Award’ on the band, and it was time for Lostprophets to remind the world just how deserved that honour was.

Before the writing and recording process for fifth album, ‘Weapons’, could begin, 2010 needed to be closed out with a series of big experiences. As has become the norm, Lostprophets wowed the massive Reading and Leeds main stage crowd. They then went on to steal the show at Belfast’s Belsonic Festival and about a month later, were asked to participate in the opening ceremony for the Ryder Cup at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

Immediately following the Ryder Cup festivities, the band decamped to a private home in Norfolk for an initial round of writing. After Norfolk, Lostprophets moved back to the more familiar turf of Los Angeles to work on developing their existing ideas and creating even more monstrous ones. Studio work began in February 2011 at LA’s NRG Studios. Now, as 2012 kicks off, the band is ready to share their work with the world.

Lostprophets is a band whose members have known each other since their school days in Pontypridd, South Wales, a group that were friends long before they became band mates and colleagues. Through their four previous albums – 2000’s ‘fakesoundofprogress’, 2004’s ‘Start Something’, 2006’s number one ‘Liberation Transmission’ and last year’s ‘The Betrayed’ – the sextet have risen from the clubs of England to the stages of Wembley and other impressive arenas. Almost by stealth, the band have grown, both in songwriting and success, stacking up a dozen or so top 40 singles and selling over 2 million albums worldwide. They have become one of the UK’s biggest rock bands without compromise or flirting with musical fashions, instead choosing to stick with what they believe in and constantly striving to do better, more creatively challenging things.

Lostprophets will be coming to the following venues this spring:

April 2012
Mon 16      Belfast Ulster Hall
Thu 19        Liverpool O2 Academy 1         0844 477 2000
Fri 20          Manchester Academy 1         0161 832 1111
Sat 21        Leeds O2 Academy                 0844 477 2000
Mon 23      Birmingham O2 Academy 1    0844 477 2000
Tue 24        Aberdeen Music Hall               0844 499 9990
Wed 25      Glasgow O2 Academy            0844 477 2000
Fri 27          Newcastle O2 Academy          0844 477 2000
Sat 28        Cardiff Motorpoint Arena        0292 022 4488
Mon 30      Nottingham Rock City             0115 822 1314

May 2012
Tue 01        Cambridge Corn Exchange   0122 335 7851
Wed 02      Southampton Guildhall            0238 063 2601
Fri 04          London O2 Academy Brixton   0844 477 2000

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