Friday, January 18, 2013

VIDEO / STREAM / TOUR: PAWS

PAWS premiere video for "Sore Tummy" on Noisey, announce first US tour dates 

'Cokefloat!' out now on FatCat

VIDEO: "Sore Tummy"

STREAM: "Sore Tummy"
  
Scottish alt-rockers PAWS premiere their autumnal video for "Sore Tummy" on Noisey (ft. guest vocals by Alice Costelloe of Big Deal). The band also announced its first run of US tour dates, and is confirmed to play this year's SXSW music festival.
 
Full US/UK tour dates below.
 
 
"Sore Tummy" Video Credits

Filmed by Nick Anderson & Phillip Taylor
Set by Mischa Zielinska
Edited by Phillip Taylor
Thank you to Fionn and Mairi for cutting out the leaves. 
Thank you Xav for letting Phil borrow your laptop to make this.
Thank you Phil's flatmates for putting up with the tree's in the hallway...

Buy Cokefloat! on CD or MP3

 
UK Tour Dates

2/14 - Mono, Glasgow
2/15 - Tunnels, Aberdeen
2/16 - Madhatters, Inverness
2/17 - Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
2/18 - Soup Kitchen, Manchester
2/19 - Bungalows & Bears, Sheffield
2/20 - Jericho, Oxford
2/21 - Dalston Victoria, London
2/22 - Green Door Store, Brighton
2/23 - Heart Attack & Vine, Newcastle


US Tour Dates

3/5 - Glasslands, Brooklyn NY
3/6 - Cake Shop, New York NY
3/7 - DC9, Washington DC
3/8 - The Barbary, Philadelphia PA
3/9 - Shea Stadium, Brooklyn NY
3/10 - TBD Upstate NY
3/11 - Great Scott, Allston MA
3/13 - 3/16 SXSW, Austin TX
 
 
About PAWS:

PAWS bash out infectious, lo-fi, garage pop-rock that can quickly shift from cute melancholia to an unnerving territorial roar. On top of the pulsating fuzzy noise the three-piece produce, sit dreamy melodies that bare the bones of their author. Lyrical topics slide between sarcastic self-analysis and, onto more so than often, brutal home truths. Phil, the band's resident lyricist sums the album's themes;

"All of the lyrics are pretty much a documentation of the past 2 years. A lot of crazy things have happened in our lives - some good, some horrific. I'd like to say that there is a strong feeling of positivity and hope running throughout this record, light piercing through some distinctly dark times. We're playing in this band to keep going and stay alive."
PAWS rose out of the demise of a living room recording project, that after losing a member, was renamed and redirected into a raw nerve of DIY punk/garage that's vibrant yet familiar and built on the traditions of English pop from Buzzcocks to Yuck. The band has spent its tenure opening for the likes of No Age, Wavves, Happy Birthday, The Babies, Harlem, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Black Lips and that DIY spirit pops up in the fact that they've done so in spaces as diverse as bathrooms, skate parks and a particularly difficult show on the top of a double-decker bus.

True to its name, Cokefloat! is, as the band puts it, "like a sugar high...with the sugar comedown." Recorded with Rory Attwell (of Test Icicles) at Lightship95, a floating recording studio located on a boat moored at Trinity Buoy Warf in East London, the album has managed to capture the punch of the band's live shows. Listeners can practically hear the energy vibrate out of the speakers and feel the band's smiles radiate through the ruckus with their stories about love, insecurities, self-alienation and paranoia. Wrapped in artwork designed by comic artist and friend of the band Jessica Penfold, the album is the perfect audio allegory for its namesake. Slurp it up. Feel the buzz.


PAWS
Cokefloat!
(FatCat)
Street Date: Oct. 9, 2012
Formats: CD, Digital, LP 

1. Catherine 1956
2. Jellyfish
3. Homecoming
4. Pony
5. Bloodline
6. Boregasm
7. Sore Tummy
8. Get Bent
9. Tulip
10. Miss American Bookworm
11. Bird Inside Birdcage, Ribcage Inside Bird
12. Winners Don't Bleed
13. Poor Old Christopher Robin 

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