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Debut headline tour with full band
Sat 21 April - Glasgow ABC (supporting Camera Obscura)
Sun 29 April - Glasgow Tramway (as part of Ballads of The Book Event)
Sat 12 May - Aberdeen Kef
Sun 13 May - Dundee Westport Bar (support from Hazey Janes)
Mon 14 May - Edinburgh Caberet Voltaire (support from Popup)
Tue 15 May - Glasgow Barfly (support from Popup)
Fri 18 May - Dunfermline Tigerfest
Mon 21 May - Newcastle Evolution Festival @ Cluny (support from Emmy the Great)
Tues 22 May - Leeds Brudenell Social Club (support from Emmy the Great)
Wed 23 May - Brighton Barfly (support from Emmy the Great)
Thur 24 May - London Borderline
Fri 25 May - Birmingham Glee Club (studio) (support from Emmy the Great)
Sat 26 May - Norwich Arts Centre (support from Emmy the Great)
Sun 27 May - Nottingham Dot To Dot Festival @ Social (support from Emmy the Great)
Mon 28 May - Bristol Thekla (support from Emmy the Great)
The single will also be available to download from iTunes from April 24th. Included with both formats of the single is a song called 'A Glorious Day' which was written with lyrics taken from the poem of the same name by Brendan Cleary.
Brendan Cleary is a poet from Brighton and the poem is taken from the collection 'Weightless' published by Tall-Lighthouse Press. Find out more about Brendan's work.
Emma’s debut release comes out on the 5th March as part of the highly anticipated ‘Ballads Of The Book’ compilation album which is being released by Chemikal Underground. The album is a unique collaboration between Scottish writers and musicians, producing 18 brand new pieces of music with lyrics being provided by such luminaries as Alasdair Gray, Ian Rankin and A L Kennedy.
Amongst the bands and musicians that have contributed are De Rosa, James Yorkston, Karine Polwart and Aereogramme. The track Emma recorded is entitled ‘Jesus On The Cross’ and was written using lyrics provided by Louise Welsh, author of ‘The Cutting Room’. |
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The debut single from the forthcoming album will be released in April on 4AD Records. News of the release date of both the single and album will be up here very soon.
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