An update, and an apology. Obviously, whether you subscribed to the series long ago, or more recently when we offered the one-off opportunity to purchase issue #3, if all had gone according to plan you’d have received the magazine and 7″ a fair time ago. Due to our extensive touring and the spinning of numerous [...]
It’s our great pleasure to announce we will be back in the United States Of America in June for a fortnight’s worth of shows. June 15 TASTE OF RANDOLPH, CHICAGO June 16 PLUSH, ST, LOUIS, MO (18+) June 17 HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL, LOUISVILLE KY (18+) June 19 THE ORANGE PEEL, ASHEVILLE NC (18+) June 20 [...]
For as long as I’ve listened to music, my favourite band has been The Beautiful South. The way in which I’ve loved them has evolved and grown, but they have consistently been the band that I wanted to sing along to when I was young, and the lyrics that I have wanted to emulate since [...]
Apr 2 – FLECHE D’OR, PARIS Apr 3 – BOTANIQUE ROTONDE, BRUSSELS Apr 4 – PARADISO, AMSTERDAM
Coming soon, Heat Rash Issue Number 3, entitled Footnotes. Footnotes is intended as a companion piece to our recent album Hello Sadness. It includes a very detailed track-by-track guide to the lyrics, writing and recording of the album, as well as ‘context pieces’ creating as detailed and transparent a picture as possible of the time [...]
We are very happy to announce details of our forthcoming UK Tour. Mar 20 – PHOENIX, EXETER (14+) Mar 21 – THEKLA, BRISTOL (14+) Mar 22 – ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON (14+) Mar 23 – 02 ACADEMY, OXFORD (14+) Mar 24 – RAINBOW WAREHOUSE, BIRMINGHAM (16+) Mar 26 – ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER (14+) Mar 27 – [...]
I’m afraid we must announce the cancellation of our previously scheduled show at the Sala Rosa in Montreal. Due to scheduling conflicts it’s no longer possible for the show to take place. We are incredibly sorry for any disappointment this may cause, please trust that we will make it up to you in time. Tickets [...]
An over-cooked documentation of the albums/EPs/records I have got most enjoyment from over the past 12 months. I think this year’s been a pretty exciting one for the evolution of my musical tastes and interests, as I’ve found hardly a single thing ‘guitar record’-wise that has stirred any emotion in me (a couple of notable [...]
It is our great pleasure to announce our return to the wider-North America in the New Year. Dates are as follows, with just a few more to be added in due course. 1/20 Paradise, Boston MA (18+)* 1/21 Lee’s Palace, Toronto (19+)* 1/22 Lee’s Palace, Toronto (19+)* 1/23 London Music Hall, London (19+)* 1/24 Beachland [...]
Without saying too much, I am currently working on a reasonably extensive Track by Track guide to our recently released album Hello Sadness. Subsequently, I am interested in answering any (/some) specific questions any of you may have about specific song lyrics/details of songs/musical or instrumental or recording intricacies etc. If there is anything particularly [...]
