Best new bands tour; This Feeling Alive, October
When asked what to expect from their live show, The Shimmer Band recently responded to interviewer, Adam Graver; "A sonic orgasm. A set of songs that will make you climax like a volcano…if you let them." It's that kind of intent that every band on the ALIVE tour brings to the party. Wherever you catch The Shimmer Band, Bang Bang Romeo, Blackwaters and their very special guests of that evening, the entire bill want to blow your mind. This is better than X Factor. It's a gang of rock'n'roll's near future. United. “It’s us against prime time and all that shit..." Tom Newman (The Shimmer Band)
Be here October 2017
01 Bristol Thekla w/ YVES
02 Cardiff Glee Club w/ Chapel Row
03 Birmingham o2 institute w/ The Assist
05 York Fibbers w/ SHEAFS
06 Glasgow o2 ABC2 w/ Vida
08 Manchester Academy 2 w/ Proletariat.
09 Leeds Wardrobe w/ The Strawberries
10 Hull The Welly w/ Mint
11 Nottingham Glee Club w/ The Ruffs
13 Sheffield Plug w/ Liberty Ship
14 London Electric Ballroom w/ Paves
15 Brighton Concorde 2 w/ SONS
Tickets: www.thisfeeling.co.uk - and click here to hear the tour Spotify playlist!
Representing the very best of the new classic British guitar bands 'Alive' is This Feeling’s biggest national tour, happening during it's 11th anniversary month. The club night has organically become the nation's No.1 live new music event and now has stages at major festivals including Reading and Isle of Wight, but the ethos remains the same; "put on bands we love and back them to the hilt".
TheZineUK shares the growing belief among music fans in the know (a.k.a. the small and medium venues) that years of building an authentic underground scene are coming to a head...THREE of the most exciting new prospects in the world of home grown rock will tour together for the very first time with the cream of the local crop in each city.
The bands on the “Alive” tour emerged from playing This Feeling club nights and festival stages – a well-known hang out for rockstars such as the Gallagher brothers, Kasabian, The Libertines and the new already familiar faces flavouring the future. There are bands on this tour who are already pop stars in the hearts of their fans and the collective amount of potential is beyond this year's showcase tours (NME etc) because this one comes with a genuine movement. It's something you can't hype. We're not just claiming vaguely that This Feeling ALIVE is the best live music club tour this year, it actually IS. These bands are creating the best soundtrack and movements, possibly in decades.
Quickly gathering a reputation, their shared dedication to the scene, and ability to send intimate venues into a frenzy, means they’ve been handpicked by for this tour. This is the start of a resurgence in uncompromising guitar music...
THE SHIMMER BAND (all shows)
The Shimmer Band have only released five singles so far ('Shoot Me Baby', ‘Freedom’, ‘Sunkick’, ‘Jacknife and the Death Call’ and 'What Is Mine') but they’ve gained such a huge following in so little time, doing serious damage at this summer's festivals.
The band make soaring euphoric electronica-infused psychedelic rock with nods to late '90s Verve, Primal Scream, U2, Doves and Kasabian. Arenas await these lot but academy’s will get their roof well and truly blown off come October.
BANG BANG ROMEO (all shows)
Their massive tune, ‘Johannesburg’ is the perfect introduction to this rising Doncaster guitar band. A sound layered Hammond, brass, Ennio Morricone-esque warbly reverb and overarching magnetism of lead singer, Anastasia Walker, who comes across like Shirley Bassey if she’s grown up on a diet of The Last Shadow Puppets, The National and Fleetwood Mac. Anthemic, stadium ready new single 'Chemical' is out now.
BLACKWATERS (all shows)
Formed at University in Guildford three years ago, britpunk ringleaders, Blackwaters make clever, raw indie punk and are a perfect outfit to sit beside bands like The Libertines. The band currently only have a handful of singles online but with their Dead Kennedys-esque energy and Essex-raised singer Maximillion Tanner’s Jamie T-esque ear for pop hooks, they're all set to explode.
Blackwaters, Summer 2017 by Sandy K. Moz
The above three bands are off the scale brilliant, and every single show is the gift that keeps on giving. Meet the special guests for each date:.
YVES (Bristol)
Catchy, infectious guitar driven melodies with a choruses so big they demand to be belted out at the top of ones voice (after only one listen). Spotify playlists have taken them to heart. If you’re a fan of Catfish and The Bottlemen, you’ll love 'em, too.
CHAPEL ROW (Cardiff)
Thunderous bass lines, sky scraping guitars, infectious melodies wrapped around in your face vocals. One of Cardiff's best new Rock n Roll bands are coming your way.
THE ASSIST (Birmingham)
Wolverhampton wonders The Assist new single “Wonderful’ is a sumptuous slice of indie dance rock. Following the success of their debut EP ‘Trouble’ which charted top 20 in the alt iTunes chart last year and rapturously received festival sets at Isle of Wight, TRNSMT and Reading this year, these boys are (infectious) ones to watch.
SHEAFS (York)
Raucous in yer face punk rock reminiscent of (whisper it) the Arctic Monkeys. Seriously, that great.
One of the stars of this summer's festival circuit, judging by the reaction (nuts) it's when ,not if, they step up to the main stages.
(Image: This Feeling stage at YNot Festival by Tarquin Clark)
Fact: If you google the SHEAFS fans' crowd call, "SHEAFS! SHEAFS! SHEAFS!" you can actually summon links to the band.
VIDA (Glasgow)
Vida’s previous single, the Oasis/Coral-esque ‘Fade Away’ was one of our favourite tunes of last year. The Hot Scots have followed it up with another beauty, the Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene / Weller) produced current single ‘Where We Came From’. Make no mistake Vida wear their influences loud and proud but this is no Oasis/Ocean Colour Scene tribute act, these boys are the real deal.
PROLETARIAT (Manchester)
This band have been together less than a year but have sold out every Manchester show they’ve played, ripped up Y Not and Tramlines with an electricity and chemistry well beyond their years AND been asked to support Baby Strange and Cabbage on tour. There’s no messing about, Proletariat are direct, honest and straight to the point just like new single ‘Ignorance’, a snarling, frenzied riposte to the same old shit, whilst showing a better, brighter way.
THE STRAWBERRIES (Leeds)
The Strawberries deal in cool as fuck 60s psych pop gems and deal very well. New single 'She Rhymes To Get Away' is stone cold classic good.
MINT (Hull)
Taking inspiration from 90s guitar bands as well the new breed like Catfish & The Bottlemen, Mint have laid down an early contender for indie anthem of 2017 with new single 'Hypoallergenic'.
THE RUFFS (Nottingham)
One of the best new bands in the midlands these fast rising Notts lads have big tunes, big riffs and big ambitions.
LIBERTY SHIP (Sheffield)
Another seriously talented Sheffield quartet.. Influences? The La’s, Arctics, The Beatles, it’s all here and it’s all good. Liberty Ship have set sail and nothing’s gonna stop them…
PAVES (London)
Paves are the London faces of Britain’s new rock and roll movement, when they’re not bringing their Stonesesque swagger, with what Clash describe as “wah-wah flavoured guitar matched to some scorching vocals”, live on stage, they’re out nearly every night in support of their musical peers. Literally, the faces of the scene and one of the best new bands in the land.
SONS (Brighton)
What a year it’s been for Brighton’s garage punktastic soul brothers SONS with a flurry of monster new singles and a string of chaotic sold out Brighton shows plus Reading, Camden Rocks and The Great Escape Festival’s have been smashed to smithereens, it feels like it’s finally their time. With furious new single ‘Zealot’ just dropping the temperature is fast rising around these go get setting SONS.
“We are living in a world where guitar music has been marginalised so what This Feeling is doing at the moment is vital. This Feeling is the best club in The UK for future Rock and Roll stars. They believe in the power of guitar music and when Rock and Roll makes it’s glorious comeback you can bet your arse you will have heard it first at This Feeling.” Noel Gallagher
The Shimmer Band - flying with This Feeling at Reading Festival
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