Friday, June 12, 2009

Enter Shikari readying new album and tour

U.K. juggernauts ENTER SHIKARI -- known for an eclectic sound that audaciously melds hardcore punk with pulse-pumping rave/trance -- are set to release their new album COMMON DREADS. The follow-up to the band’s gold-certified debut Take To The Skies -- which took the U.K. by storm by debuting at #4 on the U.K. chart and earning the band headlining gigs and regular spots on the major worldwide festival circuit -- will be released worldwide on Tuesday, June 16 and digitally in the United States via the band’s own imprint Ambush Reality in partnership with DGC/Interscope Records.

The album will be available for purchase through iTunes and Amazon as well as the band’s own store: http://gomerch.com/entershikari/preorder/; limited edition bundles with the physical CD will be available at the above link.

For the new album, the group headed to the isolated Isle Of Wight and holed-up at Arreton Manor studio for three months with veteran producer Andy Gray (U2, Tori Amos, Korn, Gary Numan). COMMON DREADS is a 15-song soundtrack for an entire generation on a mission to define the era in which it was born: one of recession, paranoia, state control and the fallout of decades of accelerated capitalism; and on the other side, an era of hope, creativity, humanity, hedonism, irreverence and fun.

“Politics are unavoidable,” explains lead vocalist ROU REYNOLDS. “We just can’t write sappy music. Our first album was cryptic and metaphor-heavy, this one is more direct. Since we gained popularity, we realized, whether we like it or not, we have the ability to influence people--and with that is a responsibility to speak our minds.”

COMMON DREADS is destined to unite the tribes, divide the critics and thoroughly satisfy anyone who has witnessed the mad live spectacle that is ENTER SHIKARI.

Stellar reviews for COMMON DREADS are already pouring in from the U.K.: MetroLife hailed first single “Juggernauts” as a “full throttle tune which blossoms into a fine slice of 21st century poetry” (June 1, 2009). To watch the video and hear the track, visit:

www.youtube.com/AmbushReality and
http://www.myspace.com/entershikari.

The St. Albans, England-based quartet -- ROU REYNOLDS (lead vocals/electronics), RORY CLEWLOW (guitar/backing vocals), CHRIS BATTEN (bass/vocals) and ROB ROLFE (drums) -- are renowned worldwide for their intense live performances. Of the group’s SXSW 2009 gig, Kerrang! hailed,
“Delivered a punchy, dynamic set weighted in favour of new material. The band’s excellent second album, due in June, nods towards the agro-merchants Gallows, The Prodigy and The King Blues and consequently new songs like ‘Step Up’ sound more muscular and menacing…”
(Paul Brannigan, April 2009)

The complete track listing for COMMON DREADS is as follows:

1) Common Dreads
2) Solidarity
3) Step Up
4) Juggernauts
5) Wall
6) Zzzonked
7) Havoc A
8) No Sleep Tonight
9) Gap In The Fence
10) Havoc B
11) Antwerpen
12) The Jester
13) Halcyon
14) Hectic
15) Fanfare For The Conscious Man
16) All Eyes On The Saint (* iTunes exclusive track)
17) Enter Shikari-Live version (*Bonus track available only via digital merch store link)

For more information on ENTER SHIKARI, visit: www.entershikari.com.

Check out the album teaser for COMMON DREADS here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPS05Fbg84c.

Catch ENTER SHIKARI on tour in the following cities:

DATE CITY VENUE

Glastonbury Festival
Sun 6/28 Glastonbury, ENG Glastonbury Festival (4:00pm)

Enter Shikari headlining U.S. tour:
Thu 7/2 New York, NY Blender Theatre at Gramercy
Fri 7/3 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
Sun 7/5 Providence, RI Club Hell
Mon 7/6 Albany, NY Valentines
Tue 7/7 S. Hackensack, NJ School of Rock
Wed 7/8 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock

Enter Shikari headlining U.S. tour with August Burns Red, Bless The Fall, I Wrestled A Bear Once:
Fri 7/10 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
Sat 7/11 Philadelphia, PA Starlight Ballroom
Sun 7/12 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
Mon 7/13 Akron, OH Musica
Tue 7/14 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Wed 7/15 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Thu 7/16 Madison, WI The Loft
Sat 7/18 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
Tue 7/21 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
Wed 7/22 Los Angeles, CA Key Club
Thu 7/23 San Diego, CA Soma
Fri 7/24 Pomona, CA The Glass House
Sat 7/25 Pomona, CA The Glass House
Sun 7/26 Scottsdale, AZ Venue of Scottsdale
Mon 7/27 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
Wed 7/29 Dallas, TX The Max

Summersonic Festival Japan
Fri 8/7 Osaka, JAPAN Summersonic (4:00pm)
Sun 8/9 Tokyo, JAPAN Summersonic (4:00pm)

Rocko Del Schlako Festival
Fri 8/14 Saarland, Germany Rocko Del Schlako Fest (5:00pm)

Headlining--Mini Rock Festival
Sat 8/15 Horb Am Neckar, Germany Mini Rock Festival (8:00pm)

Azfeszt Festival
Wed 8/19 Nyírbátor, Hungary Azfeszt Festival (12:00pm)

Frequency Festival
Thur 8/20 St. Pölten, Austria Frequency Festival (12:00pm)

Trutnov Festival
Fri 8/21 Trutnov, Czech Republic Trutnov Festival (7:00pm)

Pukkelpop
Sat 8/22 Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop (7:00pm)

Lowlands Festival
Sun 8/23 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands Lowlands Festival (12:00pm)

Leeds Festival
Fri 8/28 Leeds, ENGLAND Leeds Festival (2:00pm)

Reading Festival
Sat 8/29 Reading, ENGLAND Reading Festival (2:00pm)

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