Manchester’s The Slow Readers Club, are back with their latest and most anthemic single yet, ‘Tell No Lies’; a huge synth-driven alternate anthem ready-made in time for the band’s long anticipated – and three times rescheduled – UK Headline tour kicking off on September 25th at the Foundry in Sheffield. The tour was originally penned for Spring 2019 to coincide with the release of the band’s Top 10 album ‘The Joy Of The Return’.
The single, co-produced by Steven Ansell of Blood Red Shoes and the band’s long-term collaborator Phil Bulleyment is accompanied by a brand-new music video featuring Line of Duty star Craig Parkinson aka DI Matthew “Dot” Cottan. Parkinson plays the extravagant faith healer who meets his match when he encounters protagonist and lead singer of the band, Aaron Starkie.
The collaboration with Parkinson came about through an unlikely meeting between BBC 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins and The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess: “I met Craig at Kendal Calling, he was stood talking to Chris Hawkins and Tim Burgess at the time. It was one of those weird things where you feel like you’ve met before, I think Chris saw me trying to figure it out and then pointed out that I would know him from Line of Duty” Starkie recalls.
“We since got chatting on Twitter and he let us know that he was a fan of the band and kindly offered to be in the video. He’s a top bloke, so generous with his time and brought great energy to the shoot.”
‘Tell No Lies’ provides a step forward for the band, a fresh new larger sound, one that is made for a live audience - yet still stays true to a blueprint that has become synonymous with the band’s success to date.
Speaking of the track, Starkie notes: “The song is about music’s ability to transport you somewhere else and take away your anxieties for 3 minutes or so. Lyrically it’s a bit of a conscious departure from our more introspective, existential, doom-laden stuff that we are known for. Feels like the world needs upbeat tunes now, as real life has been bleak enough.”
We can’t wait to get back out there again; we’ve had a taste of it with festivals but it’s our headline shows where we get to see our fans again and share two albums worth of tunes that we’ve released since we were locked down for the first time 20 months or so ago. We are really excited to see how they go down alongside the more familiar tunes in our set.”
UK Tour Dates – 2021:
Sunday, September 19th Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (small show for charity)
Saturday, September 25th Foundry, Sheffield
Sunday, September 26th King George’s Hall, Blackburn
Monday, September 27th Academy, Liverpool
Tuesday, September 28th Beckett University, Leeds
Thursday, September 30th Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
Friday, October 1st Parr Hall, Warrington
Saturday, October 2nd Sage, Gateshead
Sunday, October 3rd Rock City, Nottingham
Tuesday, October 5th Academy, Birmingham
Wednesday, October 6th Junction, Cambridge
Thursday, October 7th Globe, Cardiff
Saturday, October 9th Thekla, Bristol SOLD OUT
Sunday, October 10th Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Monday, October 11th Chalk, Brighton
Tuesday, October 12th Electric Ballroom, London
European Tour Dates – 2022:
Monday, January 31st Trix Hall, Antwerp
Tuesday, February 1st Luxor, Cologne
Wednesday, February 2nd Rotown, Rotterdam
Thursday, February 3rd Bitterzoet, Amsterdam SOLD OUT
Friday, February 4th Uebel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg
Sunday, February 6th Vega, Copenhagen
Monday, February 7th Nalen, Stockholm
Tuesday, February 8th John Dee, Oslo
Thursday, February 10th Hole 44, Berlin
Friday, February 11th Hybrydy, Warsaw
Saturday, February 12th Café V Lese, Prague
Sunday, February 13th A38, Budapest
Monday, February 14th Culture Factory, Zagreb
Wednesday, February 16th Biko, Milan
Friday, February 18th Ampere, Munich
Saturday, February 19th Papiersaal, Zurich
Sunday, February 20th Zoom, Frankfurt
Monday, February 21st Suprersonic, Paris
Tuesday, February 22nd Aeronef Club, Lille
Tickets are on-sale now here: https://tsrc.ffm.to/live.opr
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