“Choreography stands as a most impressive debut: one that captures a young rock ‘n’ roll band buzzing with raw energy and inspiration, while already displaying the sort of rapidly sophisticating songcraft you expect to hear on a sophomore release.” – Pitchfork
“The east Londoners have conquered where others have since failed: scoring pop in all its simple pleasures for an instant, enjoyable and intelligible record” – NME
“Weird Dreams sound just as they should. Pining, winsome and as ‘proper’ as your aunt.” – Clash
“Weird Dreams concoct impressively heady and hooky guitar tunes… This bunch do whip up a rather lovely indie reverie”– Metro
“Definitely songs to fall in love with” – The Fly
“a seamless ability to take elements of yesteryear and craft them in to meticulously melodic pop songs” – This Is Fake DIY
Weird Dreams debut album, Choreography, is released today on CD, vinyl and on digital formats. It’s received a great reaction from the press and fans alike, and has also been made Album of the Week at Rough Trade.
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the release, bought the record already and attended shows.
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To celebrate the album release, the band will be playing three shows in London this week, and will be touring in May. All forthcoming shows are listed below, and many more across Europe to be added soon.
APRIL
3rd – White Heat @ Madame Jojos, London w/Savages and Indians
5th – Rough Trade East In Store, London
6th – Album launch @ The Others, London w/Fear of Men and Omi Palone MAY – Cosmic Unconscious Tour
1st – Start the Bus, Bristol
2nd – Static Gallery, Liverpool
3rd – Castle Hotel, Manchester
4th – The Victoria, Birmingham
5th – Live At Leeds (st – 17:15), Leeds
6th – Camden Crawl, London
11th – Great Escape @ Sticky Mikes w/Outfit, Brighton JULY 27th – MIDI Festival, France
On Friday, Pitchfork posted another new track from Weird Dreams’ forthcoming debut album, Choreography. Download “Little Girl” here.
The album is out on 2nd April and is available to pre-order now. The band have also announced a few London shows the week of the record’s release, as well as a UK tour in May. See below:
February
27th – Sound Control, Manchester w/ The War On Drugs
28th – Electric Ballroom, London w/ The War On Drugs
29th – Concorde 2, Brighton w/ The War On Drugs March
1st – Thekla, Bristol w/ The War On Drugs
April
3rd – Album launch show @ White Heat, London w/Savages and Indians
5th – Rough Trade Instore
6th – Secret venue, London May
1st – Start The Bus, Bristol
2nd – Static Gallery, Liverpool
3rd – Castle Hotel, Manchester
4th – The Victoria, Birmingham
5th – Live at Leeds, Leeds
11th – The Great Escape @ Sticky Mike’s, Brighton w/ Outfit
Following their two EPs and recent single “Holding Nails”, East London’s psych-pop four-piece Weird Dreams are set to release their debut album, Choreography, on April 2nd through Tough Love. The album will be available on CD and digital formats, as well as limited edition white vinyl (with download code). Pre-orders will be available early March. A full tracklisting is below.
Yesterday, NME.com premiered a free MP3 of album track, “666.66″. You can download the song from that link or at the bottom of this page.
Weird Dreams have been confirmed as support on The War On Drugs’ forthcoming UK tour. All dates are listed below, alongside their four shows next week.
In related news, the band have a few T shirts available featuring the artwork from their latest single, “Holding Nails”. Buy here and listen to that song below.
January
25 – Vice tour @ Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
26 – Vice tour @ Old Blue Last, London
27 – Vice tour @ Green Door Store, Brighton
28 – XFM X-Posure Live @ The Barfly, London
February
23 – The Kazimier, Liverpool w/ The War On Drugs
26 – Stereo, Glasgow w/ The War On Drugs
27 – Sound Control, Manchester w/ The War On Drugs
28 – Electric Ballroom, London w/ The War On Drugs
29 – Concorde 2, Brighton w/ The War On Drugs March
1 – Thekla, Bristol w/ The War On Drugs
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
Weird Dreams have been confirmed as support for Steve Malkmus and the Jicks on their forthcoming November European tour. All dates are listed below, alongside the band’s single release show in London on 4th November.
November
4th – Holding Nails Single Launch @ Shacklewell Arms, London w/Childhood and Novella
9th - Button Factory, Dublin w/Steve Malkmus
11th – The Arches, Glasgow w/Steve Malkmus
14th – KOKO, London w/Steve Malkmus
15th – Trix, Antwerp w/Steve Malkmus
16th – La Gaite Lyrique, Paris w/Steve Malkmus
17th – Den Atelier, Luxembourg w/Steve Malkmus
18th - Abart, Zurich w/Steve Malkmus
19th - Magazzini Generali, Milan w/Steve Malkmus
21st – B72, Vienna w/Steve Malkmus
22nd – Postbahnhof, Berlin w/Steve Malkmus
