Exit Calm Announce New Single And 2013 UK Tour Dates
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
After two years spent writing and recording, Exit Calm are back with a new single 'The Rapture', to be released in February 2013 alongside a headline UK tour.
After three sold out vinyl singles, the release of their self-titled LP in 2010 was the culmination of three years hard work. Aggressive but not confrontational, focused but not myopic and melodic rather than pop, 'Exit Calm' was an album that had to be made. The album has garnered much praise.
Upon hearing the album, Todd Eckhart (producer, 'Control') said “Pure Genius – the assembly of iron and wood because temples must be made. And the avoidance of all that whiny, sexless bullshit passing for rebellion at the moment" and his is not a lone voice. Huw Stephens (Radio 1) said the band is “Truly Epic”, Guitarist Magazine described the album as “a sonic and soulful masterpiece”, Inspiral Carpets/XFM’s Clint Boon declared “file under the greatest rock bands of all time”. Both Radio 1 (Zane Lowe) and Radio 2 (Janice Long) have supported the band's releases, the latter giving the band a live session in 2011.
But it’s not all about the past with Exit Calm. Recent live shows have seen the debut of the modern- baggy-meets-grunge anthem blow out of ‘The Rapture’; the breakbeat-tinged fury of ‘Albion’ and the melodic, Bunnymen groove of ‘Fiction’. In the current era of disposable heroes, Exit Calm tread a different path, from a band who simply list their influences as three legendary record labels, the bands output invokes the same classic approach to music as Creation Records. They bring the euphoria and hedonism of Factory to the progressive, with the forward thinking ideals of Mo Wax, producing music with heart, style and integrity.
'The Rapture' will be a limited vinyl 7" release on the Club AC30 imprint.
Feb 21st - London, Borderline
Feb 22nd - Sheffield, Academy 2
Feb 23rd - Cheltenham, Sound Music Venue
Feb 24th - Birmingham, Academy 3
Feb 28th - Manchester, Deaf Institute
Mar 1st - Glasgow, King Tuts
Mar 2nd - Leeds, Cockpit
Mar 3rd - York, Duchess
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