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Gengahr perform “She’s A Witch” at the BBC Introducing & PRS for Music Foundation showcase at Latitude 30 in Austin, Texas. Gengahr are shaping up to have a busy Autumn with the announcement that the London based quartet will heading out across October on their biggest headline tour to date.

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Before that, Gengahr will release their much anticipated debut album, ‘A Dream Outside’ on June 15th through Transgressive RecordsGengahr will play:

October 2015

  • 06 Brighton, Komedia
  • 07 Bristol, Exchange
  • 08 London, Scala
  • 09 Nottingham, Bodega
  • 10 Oxford, The Bullingdon
  • 12 Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
  • 13 Norwich, Arts Centre
  • 14 Cambridge, Portland Arms
  • 16 Manchester, Deaf Institute
  • 17 Leeds, Wardrobe
  • 19 Glasgow, King Tuts
  • 20 Newcastle, Think Tank
  • 21 Sheffield, The Harley

Premiere - Gengahr Deliver A Silky, Romantic Rush On 'Heroine'

They’ve been teasing us with their blend of beautifully tender lyrics and sultry guitars since uploading a handful of demos late in 2013 but now comes the real thing. North London quartet Gengahr are readying their debut album, ‘A Dream Outside’, and it promises to be one of 2015’s most quixotic releases. The silky ‘Heroine’ is the latest cut to be revealed from it – you should be familiar with previous singles ‘Powder’ and ‘She’s A Witch’ by now, while rerecorded versions of those early demos also feature on the final tracklisting – and it’s a spiralling, romantic rush as Felix Bushe coos “Sure, you can be my heroine/All I ask is that you wait for me” and John Victor’s ever more distinctive billow gorgeously underneath. In short, it’s totally divine.

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‘A Dream Outside’ is released on June 15 via Transgressive Records. Its tracklisting is as follows:

‘Dizzy Ghosts’
‘She’s A Witch’
‘Heroine’
‘Bathed In Light’
‘Where I Lie’
‘Dark Star’
‘Embers’
‘Powder’
‘Fill My Gums With Blood’
‘Lonely As A Shark’
‘Trampoline’

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Ace Malian four-piece Songhoy Blues are readying their debut album ‘Music In Exile’. It’ll be out on Transgressive Records and comes preceded by the first single, ‘Al Hassidi Tere’. The album is co-produced by Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner and Marc-Antoine Moreau. The latter discovered the band in 2013 when scouting on behalf of Africa Express – Songhoy Blues later contributed a track to the Africa Express album, ‘Maison des Jeunes’.

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Ace Malian four-piece Songhoy Blues are readying their debut album ‘Music In Exile’. It’ll be out on Transgressive Records and comes preceded by the first single, ‘Al Hassidi Tere’. The album is co-produced by Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner and Marc-Antoine Moreau. The latter discovered the band in 2013 when scouting on behalf of Africa Express – Songhoy Blues later contributed a track to the Africa Express album, ‘Maison des Jeunes’.

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Arriving almost fully formed, Gengahr’s debut single ‘Powder’/’Bathed In Light’ won admiring glances as 2014 breathed its last. Following a fair few support slots and a few late festival appearances.
Name-checked on all manner of ’15 tip lists for 2015, the band are set to continue the momentum with their new, Transgressive Records-backed single.
Due out on March 16th, ‘She’s A Witch’ is a joyous, emphatic return. The vocals are hidden in reverb, the sweet melodies matched against a gorgeous, lilting guitar refrain.
Subtly anthemic, it’s another marker from a band who could well breakthrough in fine style in 2015.

From the self-titled debut Alvvays album, out now on Transgressive Records, their new unveiled release “Party Police”, the next single from their lauded eponymous debut. It’s set to get released on Transgressive – one of our Labels Of 2014 – on 23rd February.

In out interview/eavesdrop, the label’s Tim Dellow described Alvvays as “the greatest new band Expanding, he said: “I mean talk about great debut albums, this is just end to end, every song is incredible. Lyrically, and lead singer Molly Rankins just incredible. It’s just one of those bands – like Belle And Sebastian or Camera Obscura meets Breeders – amazing kind of really intelligent, brilliant modern female perspective that both seduces and undermines at the same time; a really tough slant.”

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Toronto’s Alvvays have announced ‘Party Police’ as the next single from their self-titled album,

One of the most reflective tracks from their acclaimed debut, the rousing chorus of ‘Party Police’ has seen the track quickly become a live favourite in the indie-pop band’s set.
Alvvays return to the UK for a full European tour on 21st January. Having already sold out the London and Manchester dates of the run, the band recently announced new shows in those cities for September 2015. Tickets are available now.

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A band that evolved in their final year of school, with some great single releases “Into The Night” and the “Koso” EP they are a band with huge potential presently the band are currently working on their debut album for Transgressive Records.