It's all good though, because next week we will be embarking on the biggest tour of our career so far, doing 3 weeks with It Prevails. They are a band from Portland, Oregon and surrounds in the USA, surprisingly influential for a group that only has 2 records out. Their influence can be heard on tonnes of contemporary bands and when we asked them last year to come over this summer they gave a straight up 'let's do it'. It's a real one-off for them because they aren't able to do long tours anymore, and the UK wasn't even on their radar until we made it happen for those guys. They are super nice dudes and are well reputed for their live performances.
Fast forward 6 months and we have booked our own tour with them, taking in about 16 UK shows and a very short 3 date run in Belgium alongside an incredible post-hardcore band called Campus. The UK shows are a good spread, and also include some nice spots at Metalfest in London, and Metalfest in Glasgow. Which is funny, considering neither of us are metal bands. Through Solace in particular usually gets a pretty blank reaction from the metal kids, but saying that we have done really well in the past at metal shows. We will also be playing an all dayer in Wrexham (north Wales represent!) called 'A Day of Chaos' which will be headlined by Your Demise.
The tour will end in style, playing at 'Summerfest' in Belgium alongside cool bands like Misery Signals and The Number 12 Looks Like You. It's our first time playing with Mis Sigs so we're happy about that.
In any case, flights and work permits have all been finalised and we will see everyone at the first date in Kent, on August 7th.
Some lucky people will be treated to a DIY practice room show in Kent on the 6th as well- 30 people in a tiny room- it's going to rule.
I'll finish this blog post by asking everyone to come out and see us on tour! There are shows all over the place, all cheap door entry.
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