Big Scary Monsters Records Update:

Big Scary Monsters Records, one of our absolute favorite labels in the UK have posted an update with everything they have going on...

01. Tall Ships touring with Minus The Bear
02. Hold Your Horse Is/Shoes And Socks Off tour
03. Talons September dates
04. Dad Rocks! EP pre-order
05. BSM100

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01. Tall Ships touring with Minus The Bear
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As if their upcoming tours with Maps And Atlases and Tubelord (dates up at myspace.com/tallshipsfromfalmouth) weren't exciting enough, Tall Ships have been confirmed as main support to Minus The Bear on their short UK tour later this month! Our good friends in Brontide are also supporting. Dates are...

31.08 - Edinburgh, Caberet Voltaire
01.09 - Sheffield, Academy
02.09 - London, Scala

Tall Ships new EP, 'There Is Nothing But Chemistry Here', is being mastered today and we'll be posting a new track online shortly. Exciting times all round! More news on that next month...

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02. Hold Your Horse Is/Shoes And Socks Off tour
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The longest UK tour in BSM history kicks off very soon as Hold Your Horse Is (promoting their new EP, 'Rammin' It Home') and Shoes And Socks Off (with new album, 'Robin Hood Waiter Champion Have-Not' - which, Rock Sound magazine just rated as 9/10, by the way) team up and hit the streets for the whole of September. Dates are...

01.09 - Manchester, Retro Bar
02.09 - Crewe, Hop Pole
03.09 - Birmingham, Flapper
04.09 - Nottingham, Chameleon
05.09 - Derby, vines bar
07.09 - London, Old Blue Last
08.09 - York, Stereo
09.09 - Barrow-In-Furness, Canteen
10.09 - Edinburgh, Henry's Cellar Bar
11.09 - Glasgow, 13th Note
12.09 - Aberdeen, Cellar 35
13.09 - Leeds, Royal Park Cellars
15.09 - Leicester, Firebug
16.09 - Ipswich, The Swan
17.09 - Norwich, Marquee
18.09 - Portsmouth, Southsea Fest
19.09 - Southampton, Hamptons
21.09 - Cardiff, Buffalo Bar
22.09 - Newport, Meze Lounge
23.09 - Bristol, Mothers Ruin
24.09 - Plymouth, Skiving Scholar
25.09 - Barnstaple, Riverfront
26.09 - Gloucester, Underground Festival
28.09 - Kingston, Fighting Cocks
29.09 - Brighton, Pav Tav
30.09 - Oxford, The Cellar
01.10 - Canterbury, Caseys
02.10 - Aldershot, West End Centre


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03. Talons September dates
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Also back on the live trail are Talons, who play a couple of shows in September having just completed the recording of their highly anticipated debut album, 'Hollow Realm', which is set for release in November. They'll have their limited edition discography CD, 'Commemorations', available to buy exclusively at live shows, featuring all of their previous recordings.

17.09 - Bristol, Start The Bus
18.09 - Southsea festival
29.09 - Norwich, Arts Centre (w/ This Will Destroy You)
30.09 - London, Underworld (w/ This Will Destroy You)

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06. Dad Rocks! EP pre-order
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Mimas vocalist and guitarist Snævar Njáll Albertsson releases his debut solo EP in the UK this week. 'Digital Age' is a 7 track CD packaged in pop-up digi-pak sleeve, reminiscent of a children's book, mixing influences such as Owen and Akron/Family with his own, very unique lyrical stylings. Buy it now HERE. We'll be announcing the first Dad Rocks! UK dates soon, and NME have just posted the brilliant first video for 'Nothing Keeps Up' HERE.

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05. BSM100
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Big Scary Monsters turns 100 releases old early next month and we've got something pretty special planned to celebrate. I'm not announcing it until the very last minute, and it won't be around for very long, so keep your eyes peeled for next months mailout with all of the info, or if that's too far away, http://www.twitter.com/bsmrocks and http://www.facebook.com/bsmrocks will have the news first.