Toronto “surf-gazers” Odonis Odonis have announced their new single is to be ‘Are We Friends?’ and will be released on 23rd July. Things are currently going swimmingly for the band, with current single ‘Busted Lip’ John Kennedy’s Record Of The Week on XFM. The band are also in the UK over the next couple of weeks to play the Camden Crawl and the Great Escape festival. The band are also giving away a free copy of their track “Mr Smith” which you can download here.
London-based singer-songwriter Eugene McGuinness is to release his 2nd full length album on 2nd July . “The Invitation to the Voyage” is the follow up to 2008’s self-titled album and will be marked with an album launch show at the Lexington in Islington.
The album, which Eugene is calling this release the “most powerfully conceived and fully realised artistic statement to date”, was recorded with the dual assistance of producers Clive Langer (Madness, Elvis Costello, Morrissey) and Dan Carey (MIA, Hot Chip, Santigold).
As well as a full tour throughout April as special guest to Miles Kane, Eugene McGuinness will also be performing at many festivals over the next few months including the Camden Crawl, The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, and Blissfields. Full live dates are as follows:
20th April: Nottingham: Rock City *
21st April: Glasgow Barrowlands *
22nd April: Dundee Fat Sams *
23rd April: Inverness Iron Works *
25th April: Leeds Academy *
26th April: Manchester Academy 1 *
27th April: Bristol Academy *
28th April: London Forum *
5th May: London Camden Crawl, two shows, venues TBA
10th May: Brighton Pleasure Dome – The Great Escape, with Maximo Park
17th May: London Electric Ballroom, with Spector
18th May: Liverpool Sound City, Kazimier, with White Denim
30th June: Hampshire Blissfields Festival
3rd July: London: Lexington Headline – album launch show
(* = dates with Miles Kane)
The Invitation To The Voyage, released on 2nd July 2012 by Domino Records