Young Guns gear up for the release of ‘Mirrors’ with an extensive set of live shows!
The home-grown production line has been in overdrive of late in the rock world, and High Wycombe-based quintet, Young Guns, are proof that it’s showing no signs of fatigue.
Their four track debut EP, ‘Mirrors’, has been produced by former SikTh members Dan Weller and Justin Hill (Enter Shikari, Haunts, Gallows), and covers a host of subjects, from party-induced-excess and temptation, to adolescent aspirations and dependency, and all this in little more than 16 minutes. However, it’s a brief blast of promise that should more than whet the appetite for what’s to come from the five-piece and serves as a ringing statement of intent.
With former Johnny Truant drummer Paul Jackson (Alexisonfire, Cancer Bats, The Ghost Of A Thousand) handling artwork duties, and a forthcoming remix of ‘The Weight Of The World’ by Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins’ L’Amour La Morgue project, there’s a distinct British flavour to ‘Mirrors’.
“British music is so healthy right now, the scene here has been building for a long time,” explains singer Gustav Wood, “and to have people from some of the best bands, past and present, helping us out and digging our band is incredible.”
Having clocked up shows alongside the likes of Funeral For A Friend, The Answer and We Are The Ocean already, and with a relentless touring schedule ahead of them, it’s going to be near impossible to avoid Young Guns in 2009, and on the proof of ‘Mirrors’, we wouldn’t advise even trying.
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(Rotated Billing w/ Enjoy Destroy & The Crave)
MAY 16: BRIGHTON, Pavilion Tavern
MAY 17: SOUTHAMPTON, The Joiners
MAY 19: KINGSTON, Fighting Cocks
MAY 20: LONDON, South Of The Border
MAY 22: NOTTINGHAM, Rock City
MAY 24: LEEDS, Slam Dunk Festival
MAY 25: BOURNEMOUTH, The Gander
(Headline Shows)
JUN 18: BRIGHTON, Hot Damn @ The Ocean Rooms
JUN 19: LONDON, Hot Damn @ The Purple Turtle
JUL 18: GILLINGHAM, The Star
JUL 19: SOUTHEND, Sunrooms
JUL 21: STAINES, Sticky Fungus
JUL 22: NORTHAMPTON, Roadmenders
JUL 23: SWINDON, 12 Bar
JUL 24: MIDDLESBOROUGH, Bar Sumo
JUL 25: LEEDS, Cockpit
JUL 27: STOKE, Harry's Bar
JUL 28: CARDIFF, Barfly
JUL 29: SWANSEA, Sin City
JUL 30: EXETER, Cavern
AUG 05: BRIGHTON, Engine Rooms
AUG 06: COLCHESTER, The Twist
AUG 07: CAMBRIDGE, Man On The Moon
AUG 08: GUILDFORD, Boileroom]
AUG 09: NOTTINGHAM, Rock City
AUG 10: EDINBURGH, GRV
AUG 11: GLASGOW, Ivory Blacks
AUG 12: DUNDEE, Dexters
AUG 13: ABERDEEN, Tunnels
AUG 15: ARBROATH, Viewfields
AUG 16: LIVERPOOL, Barfly
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