Static Dresshaveannounced details of a UK and European tour to take place later this year –see allthe details below.
The Leeds post-hardcore bandand recentNME Coverstarsreleased their second studio album ‘Injury Episode’ on Friday (May 29), whichNMEhave described as a “stylistic mix of brutal aggression, melody and tender emotion” inspired byMy Chemical Romance,Bring Me The HorizonandTaking Back Sunday.
Now, they have announced their first full UK and European headline tour in four years, which will see them play in the biggest headline venues of their career to date.
Following on from dates supporting Bring MeTheHorizon andMotionlessInWhite, their own tour will begin in Paris’ LaMaroquinerieon October 20, with dates to follow in Cologne, Hamburg,Utrechtand Antwerp.
From there, they play at Glasgow’s The Garage on October 28, followed by shows in Manchester and London, with the final date coming at Birmingham’s O2 Academy 2 on November 1.
There is an O2 customer pre-sale at 10am local time on Wednesday (June 3) and an artist pre-sale at the same time on Thursday (June 4). General sale begins at 10am on Friday (June 5) and you will be able to find yourshere.
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New York band Soul Blind and Massachusettsmetacoregroup Holder are joining them on all UK and European dates, with Leeds band Love Rarely also on the bill for the UK shows.
Static Dress will play:
OCTOBER
20 – LaMaroquinerie– Paris, FR
21 – Club Volta – Cologne, DE
23 –BahnofPauli – Hamburg, DE
24 – Ekko – Utrecht, NL
26 – KavkaOudaan– Antwerp, BE
28 – The Garage – Glasgow, UK
29 – Academy 2 – Manchester, UK
30 – Electric Ballroom – London, UK
NOVEMBER
1 – O2 Academy 2 – Birmingham, UK
NMEawarded ‘Injury Episode’ four stars, noting: “This is a deliberately more intense, more complex record than ‘Rogue Carpet Disaster’, one that feels like Static Dress are trying to connect more deeply with whoever’s listening. It’s a fearless approach to guitar music that’s more interested in storytelling than mass appeal.”
Alongside their appearance onThe Coverlast month, the grouphave also curateda playlist titled ‘Real Emo (Modern Day Edition)’,featuring songs by the likes ofBlood Orange,High Vis,Mk.gee, Dream Fatigue,Jim Legxacy, andPuma Blue, among others. Listen to the full playlisthere.
FrontmanOlli Appleyard toldNMEin the featurewhy he feels the need to controlall ofthe band’s output.“Idon’twant to be walked over,” he explained. “We’vehad people in the industry actively try to ruin us before, because theydon’tlike that wedidn’tlet them in.”