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
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
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.
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:
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.
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 .
CYMBALS debut album Unlearn is officially released this week on 12″ vinyl and download. Limited to 300 copies, with beautifully hand-printed, hand-numbered sleeves, available in six different colours (blue, red, green, yellow, grey and peach), copies are also available now from the Tough Love Store (see below).
Please note that there are very few copies of the 12″ remaining – only 30 at the writing of this message.
A free download for “Single Printed Name ” is available online now. Watch the video for “Totally Over” here.
Watch the new video for CYMBALS’ “Totally Over”, directed by Dan Brereton.
“Totally Over” is taken from the band’s debut album, Unlearn, released on May 9th. Advance copies are available from the Tough Love shop now (only 40 remaining).
CYMBALS will release a select run of their debut album, Unlearn, on 12″ vinyl for Record Store Day 2011 this Saturday 16th April, and play a free show at The Victory in Dalston, London in the evening to celebrate. The record comes in an individually hand screen-printed sleeve by artist Sinead Evans, limited to a pressing of just 300 hand-numbered copies.
The album will be released fully on May 9th alongside it’s digital release.
Hear more from CYMBALS on their SoundCloud and download ‘Single Printed Name’ for free, or check out their Ollie Evans (TEETH, Klaxons, Gossip) directed video for ‘Summer Escaping‘
Copies of Unlearn can be ordered directly from the Tough Love shop here. Quantities are extremely limited.
We are very pleased to be able to announce the incredible debut album from new London three piece CYMBALS on 9th May 2011.
Their debut album, entitled Unlearn, with be released on limited 12″ vinyl, each with a unique hand screen-printed sleeve in six different colours, made by long term collaborator, Sinead Evans. Some copies will be available as part of Record Store Day on 16th April, with the full release and digital available from 9th May.
The album was written and recorded by the band and mixed using the collective efforts of Rory Bratwell (formally of Test Icles, producer for Male Bonding, Cold Pumas, Veronica Falls, Teeth!!! etc.), James Yuill and Manchester electronic wunderkinds D/R/U/G/S.
CYMBALS are also giving away album track “Single Printed Name” as a free download from their Bandcamp page, here, or below.
TRACK LIST:
01. Summer Job
02. Totally Over
03. Wilderbeast
04. Good Luck
05. Jane
06. Summer Escaping
07. Cut Jeans
08. I Don’t Know Why You Bother
09. Single Printed NamE
10. Half Ask
TOUR DATES:
15th March – White Heat @ Madame JoJo’s, London
18th March – Off Modern @ Corsica Studios, London
21th March – Kicker Conspiracy @ The Lexington, London
16th April – No Being Weird @ The Victory, Dalston (album launch)
