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Tour w/ The Social Club + Great Escape Show

Let me first start by saying a massive thanks to everyone that came out to see us on our March tour. It was our best tour yet and we couldn’t have done it without you. In fact we liked it so much that we are going back out on tour with our other awesome label mates ‘The Social Club’ - here are the dates; 

May 4th - Amersham Arms, New Cross 18+ (JS ONLY)
May 8th - The Horn, St Albans 18+ 
May 9th - Soundhouse, Leicester 18+ 
May 11th - Pav Tav, Brighton - The Great Escape 18+ 
May 12th - Le Pub, Newport (TSC ONLY)
May 13th - Camden Barfly, London (TSC ONLY) 
TOUR
We are of course back at The Pav Tav for the awesome Great Escape Festival. Our stage time is 6pm..if you remember it last year.. it was one in one out all day. so get down there early. We really hope that you guys enjoyed hearing the new material on the last tour - we are nearing the end of what has been a long period of writing for us.. and believe me it is all going to be worth the wait ;-)

Here is an acoustic reworking of our track ‘Movers and Shakers’. 

Hometown Tour Dates!

Thanks to all that saw us tour with Tellison it was ace! Our March tour with Gunning For Tamar is now two dates in! Here is some information on our hometown Brighton and London shows, and GFT’s hometown Oxford show  - here are the details. Hope to see you down there!

Saturday 24th - The Cellar, Oxford w/ Gunning For Tamar + Deer Chicago

Facebook Event - buy tickets

Sunday 25th - The Old Blue Last, London w/ Gunning For Tamar (Free Entry) 

Facebook event 

Tuesday 27th - The Hope, Brighton w/ Gunning For Tamar + Trails (£3/2 Entry)

Facebook event

Brighton Show

London Show

  Oxford Show

TOUR w/ GFT + Tellison

We are pleased to announce that we have completely sold out of ‘Standard Bearer’ CD’s. And we decided that the best thing to do would be to repress it and tour it again! In March time we will be ruling the road with new label buds ‘Gunning For Tamar’ - they are totally rad! Also we will be heading out for a few dates with the mighty ‘Tellison’!       

FEB/MARCH TOUR

24/02- Tubman, Hastings - 7.30pm//16+//£5

29/02 - The Hydrant, Brighton w/ Tellison - 7pm//18+//£5 - BUY

01/03 - The Edge of Wedge, Porstmouth w/ Tellison - 7.30pm//18+/£5 - BUY

MARCH TOUR - All dates w/ Gunning For Tamar

19/03 - The Beer Cart, Canterbury

22/03 - Avondale House, Southampton - 7.30pm//18+//FREE!

23/03 - Purple Turtle, London - 7.30pm//18+//tbc

24/03 - The Cellar, Oxford - 7.30//18+//£5 advance - BUY

25/03 - The Old Blue Last, London - 7.30pm//18+//FREE!

27/03 - The Hope, Brighton - 7.30pm//18+//£3

28/03 - Buffalo Bar, Cardiff 

29/03 - Trinity Bar, Harrow

30/03 - Shipping Forecast, Liverpool - 7.30pm//18+//£5 advance - BUY

06/04 - The Boiler Room, Guildford w/ Trails*

*JS only. 

   

*NEW DRUMMER ANNOUNCEMENT//NEW VIDEO*

As of 2012 we will no longer be working with Alex Pott - After two great years we wish all the best for the future. 

We are excited to welcome our new drummer Oli Austen. We are super stoked to have Oli in the band - he is an amazing drummer and a bit of all round musical genius!

Please head on over and send Oli a message at his twitter page. Lets give him a warm welcome peeps!

 Thanks to Ollie Hearsey

As a special thankyou to Alex for his time in the band our good friend David Tressler put together a little montage video for our track ‘Movers and Shakers’. David recorded us on four dates of our last tour in August 11’.

The video premiered on the Kerrang website this week! - Go watch!

The song ‘Movers and Shakers’ is also up for a free download - Go Download! 


‘Talisman’ on Big Cheese Compilation

Muchos love going out to our friends at ‘Big Cheese Magazine’ for featuring our track ‘Talisman’ on their ‘Best of 2011’ CD! 

We are alongside; Korn ft Skrillex, Asking Alexandria, Living with Lions and the awesome Crazy Arm. 

Go grab a copy from your local newsagents or order one online here 

They also gave our EP ‘Standard Bearer 4/5 back in september. Lovely folk! 

Our video for ‘Talisman’ is finally rolling out to Kerrang TV this week. If you have seen our video spinning on Scuzz do let us know! Please remember to head on over and request it too! 

Request ‘Talisman’ on Scuzz!

Till Next time! SHIPS OUT. 

‘Talisman’ Video on Scuzz TV!

Our video for our song ‘Talisman’ is available to watch on Scuzz TV now - thats Sky Channel 374 and Freesat 503!

                                  'Request Talisman

If you could request the video HERE

Or facebook them - HERE - tag ‘@Scuzz TV’ in your wall posts. 

Tweet them - HERE - @ScuzzTV

It would be much appreciated, we want to be on your TV! 

The video is also available on Gym TV and should be up and on Kerrang TV in the next week or so!

Also a massive thank you to everyone that came down to our shows in London and Portsmouth over the past couple of weeks! 

Amazing Radio - New Music Tour + Show Announcement

Kyle Wilkinson at Amazing Radio has been doing a ‘New Music Tour’ on his afternoon show. The tour took him to Brighton where he interviewed Michael all about the band and the local scene - they also played ‘The Whole Truth’.

The show aired on tuesday and HERE is a link to the interview; 

We have also just been confirmed to headline the Bull and Gate, Kentish Town (London) on the 10th November for Amazing Radio and Club Fandango. This is going to be our last London show of the year and is going to be huge! Special giveaways to be announced by the weekend! Keep posted! 

For now you can buy tickets for the show HERE

Peassss, 

Ships x

Kerrang! Introducing (October 2011)

Last week we were introduced to the world of Kerrang! in their new look introducing section. A massive thanks to Katie P for liking us enough to feature us in the magazine. This is only the beginning for us and Kerrang! 

Here is the article; 

                                    Kerrang! Introducing (October 2011)