Thursday 3rd May 2012
CYMBALS – MAY 2012 TOUR
Friday 20th April 2012
CYMBALS – SIDEWAYS, SOMETIMES STREAM
Tomorrow will see the release of the vinyl version of CYMBALS’ new record, Sideways, Sometimes, in conjunction with Record Store Day. Limited to 300 copies with artwork by Liberty designer Robin Hulme, it’s a beautiful artefact that feels perfectly inkeeping with the spirit of the day.
Ahead of it’s release, Clash have streamed the record in its entirety, alongside a track-by-track breakdown from singer/guitarist Jack. Go here to read the full thing. And in other positive news, “Candy Bar” has been added to the evening playlist at XFM.
If you’d like to see the band play live, below is a list of up-coming dates.
MAY
5th – Camden Crawl, London
6th – Camden Crawl, London
9th – Pavillions, Falmouth w/Temper Trap
10th – Wedgerooms, Portsmouth w/Temper Trap
11th – Great Escape @ Dome, Brighton w/Temper Trap
12th – Coal Exchange, Cardiff w/Temper Trap
18th – Just Fantasy @ Birthdays, London w/Savages and Drop Out Venus
21st – Koko, London w/Temper Trap
JULY
21st – Tramlines Festival @ The Harley, Sheffield
Wednesday 18th April 2012
Just Fantasy @ Birthdays – 18th May w/ CYMBALS, Becoming Real & Drop Out Venus
On 18th May, Tough Love will be launching a new monthly night at Birthdays, an equally new venue based in East London. The night is also a belated release party for CYMBALS new record, Sideways, Sometimes, out next week. You can hear a new song from that record below.
To coincide with the night, we are updating a Tumblr daily with the kind of music you’re likely to hear us – and the DJs we book – play. Feel free to follow us here - http://notreallifejustfantasy.tumblr.com/ . In addition to this, we’ve also set up a Youtube playlist, so you can listen to all of the music in one convenient sitting – here.
The full line up for the opening night is below. All design by James Hines.
Just Fantasy
18th May @ Birthdays
LIVE
CYMBALS
Becoming Real
Drop Out Venus
DJS
Tough Love
Dummy
Off Modern
ParadYse
20:30-03:00
£5
Facebook
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Wednesday 21st March 2012
CYMBALS – SIDEWAYS, SOMETIMES – LTD ED. LP – IN PHOTOS
Pre-order here (limited to 300 copies worldwide).
(Photos)
Thursday 16th February 2012
NEW RELEASE: CYMBALS – Sideways, Sometimes
On 23rd April, CYMBALS will release their new record, Sideways, Sometimes, through Tough Love. Written, recorded and produced over five days on Lightship 95, a boat moored in the Thames, the EP has a cleaner, more coherent feel than last year’s debut album, Unlearn.
Enlisting a fourth member, Neil Gillespie took over from Sean on drums, while Sean returned to his first instrument, bass, filling out the space in their sound. Drawing on Yo La Tengo and New Order, the songs follow a pattern, forming what the band says is “a circle describing a moment in their lives.”
Sideways, Sometimes is available on CD, LP and download. A limited edition run of 300 white 12″ vinyl (with a free download code) will be released for Record Store Day on 21st April. The Tough Love Shop has a limited number of these records available for pre-order to guarantee that fans are able to get hold of a copy. Continuing the theme for somewhat special artwork, the band enlisted Robin Hulme, a fabric designer for Liberty, to create a one-off design that will grace the cover of the record.
Pre-order Sideways, Sometimes exclusively from Tough Love below:
LP+download – limited edition of 300
CD
Fader have premiered a track from the record, “No Bad Decisions”, which can be streamed here or listened to below.
CYMBALS embark on short tour throughout February to celebrate the launch of the Noisey Youtube channel.
February
22nd – VICE/Noisey Launch Tour @ Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds – Free entry
23rd – VICE/Noisey Launch Tour @ Old Blue Last, London – Free entry
24th – VICE/Noisey Launch Tour @ Green Door Store, Brighton – Free entry
25th – Midnight A Go Go @ The Drop, London
Saturday 7th January 2012
CYMBALS & WEIRD DREAMS ANNOUNCE VICE ISSUE LAUNCH TOUR
Both CYMBALS and Weird Dreams will be playing various legs of the tour that coincides with the launch of the latest issue of Vice, without actually playing together at any point. That’s corrected on the 28th January however, as both bands share a stage at XFM X-Posure live at The Barfly, London.
All dates are listed below and the Vice shows are free entry.
CYMBALS
24th January – The Deaf Institute, Manchester
25th January – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
26th January – Start The Bus, Bristol
28th January – XFM X-Posure Live @ The Barfly, London
Weird Dreams
25th January – Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
26th January – Old Blue Last, London
27th January – Green Door Store, Brighton
28th January – XFM X-Posure Live @ The Barfly, London
Tuesday 22nd November 2011
NEW TRACK: CYMBALS – “INTENSE KIDS”
Today, CYMBALS have issued their first new material since releasing their debut album back in May. “Intense Kids” is available to download as a free MP3 below, or can be streamed on Youtube here.
Having just released their debut album Unlearn, in the early summer months of this year the band returned to the studio to work on new music. Camping out on The Lightship 95 – a boat that doubles as a studio – for five days, they wrote and recorded from scratch eight songs, of which “Intense Kids” is the first to be released. Sitting somewhere between Yo La Tengo and New Order, it’s what the band call “downhome disco”, and perfectly captures their distinct brand of melancholic euphoria.
Since that recording session, the band have now expanded to a four piece, with Sean swapping drums for bass (his main instrument) and Neil now stepping in behind the kit. They play their first London show as a four-piece downstairs at Electricity Showrooms. It will be a floor show, with the band playing amongst the crowd. Support comes from Woman’s Hour, with Slime, Dreamtrak and ParadYse DJs. More info here.
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CYMBALS – “Intense Kids”
Friday 22nd July 2011
CYMBALS FEATURE ON NOISEY & DEBUT TWO NEW SONGS
CYMBALS have been featured in Vice’s Noisey series, filmed aboard Lightship 95 as part of our Watery Domestic party last month. The band were filmed playing four songs, including two new tracks, “No Bad Decisions” and “Intense Kids”, as well as two tracks taken from their debut album, “Single Printed Name” and “Jane”.
In related news, there are only 3 copies of the limited 12″ pressing of Unlearn available. The record is also available digitally through all the usual sources and all buy links are below:
Buy Unlearn 12″
Buy Unlearn iTunes
Buy Unlearn Amazon
Monday 27th June 2011
WATERY DOMESTIC – IN PHOTOS
A few weekends ago, we had a party on a boat and called it Watery Domestic. CYMBALS and Fair Ohs played. Eleanor McDowall took some photos of it. They’re below.
Thursday 9th June 2011
WATERY DOMESTIC – SATURDAY 18TH JUNE W/CYMBALS, FAIR OHS, SLIME +
We are proud to announce the full line up of Watery Domestic on Saturday 18th June onboard The Light Ship in Trinity Buoy Wharf, East London. CYMBALS will headline and support will come from Fair Ohs, with DJ sets from Off Modern and a back-to-back set from emerging talents Slime and Vondelpark.
Limited to a capacity of 100, you can get on the guestlist by emailing info@toughloverecords.com .The Facebook event with full details lives here .
In advance of the boat party, CYMBALS have made available ‘Jane’ as a free MP3. Taken from their debut album, ‘Unlearn’, it’s perhaps the band’s strongest moment to date. Download, stream and share from here .
The poster was designed by the always heroic Gordon Armstrong.
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CYMBALS – “Jane”
