Frantic post-punk quartet ¡Forward, Russia! have announced details of their second album, Life Processes, which will be preceded by a small-ish UK tour this autumn.
The Leeds-based hissy-thumpers returned to the UK this week after spending two-and-a-half months in Seattle recording the follow-up to 2006's Give Me A Wall. Life Processes has been produced by Matt Bayles, known for his work with the stroppy likes of Mastodon, The Blood Brothers and Isis.
Tracklisting for the album, due for release in the early months of 2008, is yet to be confirmed, although recent single 'Don't Be A Doctor' will not feature.
The band unveiled one song from the album recently during an interview on Seattle's KEXP radio station.
The autumn dates, with I Was A Cub Scout as support, will offer UK fans their first opportunity to scope out new material from the record, with a more extensive tour to follow later in the year.
Voici les dates:
October
23 Hull The Lamp
24 Leicester The Charlotte
25 Cardiff Barfly
26 Exeter The Cavern
27 Brighton Barfly
29 Sheffield Leadmill (Steel Stage)
30 Sunderland Independent
31 Dundee Reading Rooms
November
1 York Fibbers
2 Bradford St George's Hall
Yes @ York Fibbers!
This will be my first gig at Uni, and what a gig!
when they say
steel cage? has the leadmill changed its name or are they playing in a literal steel cage?
The Steel Cage...
... is the small room where they've now started putting on (most!) bands. Sadly it isn't actually a steel cage.
I've seen them three times
Shall I make it a fourth?
Would make it a good gig weekend with Asobi Sebsku at the Barfly the night before on the Friday, Forward Russia on the Saturday and possibly the Thursday of that week trying to get off with vulnerable first years at the indie disco they have :D
Does anyone know...
if the songs on the album will have numerical titles or have they stopped doing that?
They've stopped that.
new songs have names like "we are grey matter"
meh
Dont be a doctor was brilliant.
the number thing was silly though
No London
:(
Very small venues
especially with that IWACS support. I'm guessing they'll all sell out fast, and on the back of that PR boon they will announce a tour of bigger venues immediately after. I should work in 'the undustry'.
industry
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THE CAVERN?!?!?
Sweet.
Bristol thekla
is 21st of oct why is that missed off?