SEP 16 Shanghai, CN @ Concrete & Grass SEP 22 Singapore, SG @ EBX Live Space SEP 27 Tokyo, JP @ Shibuya Stream Hall SEP 28 Aichi, JP @ Nagoya Jammen SEP 29 Osaka, JP @ Socore Factory OCT 04 Sydney, AU @ Manning Bar * OCT 05 Melbourne, AU @ Max Watt’s * OCT 06 Brisbane, AU @ The Triffid * OCT 07 Perth, AU @ Badlands * * = supporting Sleep Makes Waves
JUL 13 Cheltenham, UK @ 2000 Trees 2018 JUL 21 Galway, IE @ Galway International Arts Festival JUL 27 Belfast, UK @ Goodbye Mandela AUG 04 Cork, IE @ Indiependence Music Festival AUG 08 Edinburgh, UK @ Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Summerhall AUG 11 Limavady, UK @ Stendhal Festival AUG 16 Bristol, UK @ Arctangent 2018 NOV 13 Cardiff, UK @ Club Ifor Bach * NOV 14 Leicester, UK @ The Cookie * NOV 15 Aldershot, UK @ West End Centre * NOV 16 Brighton, UK @ The Haunt * NOV 17 Neunkirchen, DE @ Gloomaar Festival NOV 18 Hasselt, BE @ Muziekodroom
When they burst on the scene with their debut self-titled record, And So I Watch You From Afar were a revelation.
Frenetic math-rock influenced punk instrumentals with titles like Set Guitars To Kill, Start A Band and Don’t Waste Time Doing Things You Hate were a wake-up call for the post-rock genre, and the band rode high on their unique sound.
Their fifth album, The Endless Shimmering, boasts some of their most grandiose, powerful riffing yet, so ahead of a summer tour of the UK and Ireland, we caught up with guitarists Rory Friers and Niall Kennedy to find out who their favourite players are, in no particular order…