Welsh quintet Kids in Glass Houses are set to release their second album ‘DIRT’ on March 29th. Kids in Glass Houses are also confirmed as the main support for Lostprophets on their 2010 UK tour. The album will be preceded by the single ‘Matters At All’ which will be available for download January 31st.
The follow-up to 2008’s ‘Smart Casual’ which spawned singles such as ‘Give Me What I Want’, ‘Easy Tiger’ and ‘Saturday’, new album ‘DIRT’ was recorded in Texas at Sonic Ranch Studios with Jason Perry (The Blackout, ‘A’) Parts were also recorded on the road during the New Found Glory tour (who appear on Maybe Tomorrow), and at Jason’s studio in Essex, where the band met Frankie Sandford (The Saturdays) by chance, and invited her to appear on ‘Undercover Lover’.
“The album doesn't pander to any fleeting trends,” Aled emphasizes. “It’s the most honest record we could have made. There are a few curveballs. It’s a bit rawer than our first. It’s quite a bit more expansive and the arrangements are more interesting. The most noticeable thing will be the inclusion and experimentation with electro elements, brass and strings.
"We've never wanted to cut ourselves off from playing with these things and making them part of our music. There's some grandiose bits, some fun bits and some textured pretty bits that step away from the two guitars, bass, drums and vocals approach. It was a lot of fun. We all just wanna be Prince, really,” he laughs.
“The vibe this time is a lot less processed,” Iain (Mahanty, guitars) continues. “A lot of music around now sounds like it’s coming off a conveyor belt. We wanted to step away from that, stick our necks out and go ‘Hang on, we’re a rock band. Let’s have it!’”
Track listing:
1. Artbreaker I / 2. The Best Is Yet To Come / 3. Sunshine / 4. Matters at all / 5. Youngblood / 6. Lilli Rose / 7. Giving up / 8. For Better Or Hearse / 9. Undercover Lover (featuring: Frankie Sandford) / 10. Maybe Tomorrow (special guests: NFG) / 11. The Morning Afterlife / 12. Hunt The Haunted / 13. Artbreaker II
Digital album, special edition (same as above but with three bonus tracks:
14 - Believer, 15 - Reputation, 16 - When The World Comes Down)
Having recently completed a headline stint across the UK around the release of their download single ‘Youngblood (Let It Out)’, the band are looking forward to playing tracks from their brand new album to fellow Welshmen Lostprophets’ audiences as their Special Guests on the following dates:
Thu 4th Feb – LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
Fri 5th Feb – OXFORD Academy 2 HEADLINE
Sat 6th Feb – HULL City Hall
Sun 7th Feb – NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Mon 8th Feb – LIVERPOOL Academy 2 HEADLINE
Tue 9th Feb – MARGATE Winter Gardens
Wed 10th Feb – PORTSMOUTH Guildhall
Thu 11th Feb – LONDON Brixton O2 Academy
Sat 13th Feb – PRESTON 53 DegreesHallH
Sun 14th Feb – LEEDS O2 Academy
Mon 15th Feb – CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Wed 17th Feb – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
Thu 18th Feb – GLASGOW O2 Academy
Fri 19th Feb – EDINBURGH Corn Exchange
Sun 21st Feb – YEOVIL Westland Leisure Complex
Mon 22nd Feb – NORWICH UEA
Tue 23rd Feb – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy
Thu 25th Feb – MANCHESTER Apollo
Fri 26th Feb – SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall
Sun 28th Feb – BRISTOL O2 Academy
Mon 1st Mar – PORT TALBOT Afan Lido Leisure Centre
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