Hot on the heels of their third top ten album, ‘Acts of Fear and Love’, Slaves are back with their new single ‘Magnolia’. The track comes just before the boys head out on their biggest UK headline tour to date.
A slab of catchy, grungy guitar pop, ‘Magnolia’ is both a sneering take down of suburban consumerism, as well as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the bland and ubiquitous paint which has found its way into so many of our homes.
The video finds the band indulging their inner painter/decorator, giving the audience a little glimpse into what their life may have been like if they hadn’t pursued their career in music.
The band have just completed an extensive US tour (including playing Cal Jam last weekend) and are in the middle of a month-long European jaunt before hitting the road in the UK for what will be their biggest run of shows so far, with many of them already sold out and culminating at Alexandra Palace!
Expect big riffs, bigger beats and the sense of beer-hurling mayhem that has followed the band from their earliest shows in Tunbridge Wells boozers to the main stages at major European and US festivals.
They won’t be alone either as they’ve handpicked some of the UKs most exciting talent around for their support. Kentish punk raconteurs Lady Bird (the first signing to Slaves Girl Fight record label) will be opening the shows, while for Alexandra Palace they will also be joined by Slowthai, the Northampton born rapper currently setting the UK scene alight.
Tour Dates
Wed 07 Nov 2018 – Newcastle O2 Academy
Thurs 08 Nov 2018 – Glasgow Barrowland (Sold Out)
Fri 09 Nov 2018 – Glasgow Barrowland
Sat 10 Nov 2018 – Nottingham Rock City (Sold Out)
Thu 15 Nov 2018 – Norwich UEA (Sold Out)
Fri 16 Nov 2018 – Liverpool O2 Academy (Sold Out)
Sat 17 Nov 2018 – Manchester Academy (Sold Out)
Mon 19 Nov 2018 – Leeds O2 Academy
Tue 20 Nov 2018 – Bristol O2 Academy (Sold Out)
Thu 22 Nov 2018 – Cardiff Tramshed (Sold Out)
Fri 23 Nov 2018 – Birmingham O2 Academy
Sat 24 Nov 2018 – London Alexandra Palace
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