General Fiasco start the new decade with a brand new single, their debut album and playing their biggest headline dates so far.
‘Ever So Shy’ is released on 8th March and the album ‘Buildings’ follows on the 22nd March. The record was produced by Neal Calderwood whilst Arctic Monkeys and The Enemy cohort Barny Barnicott was on mixing duties – it melds rock and pop with their inimitable energy and kick-ass choruses and produces a thrilling 36 minute explosion of guitar-led cracking tunes.
As well as their own UK shows, the band will played at the HMV ‘Next Big Thing’ Festival alongside the likes of Marina and the Diamonds, You Me At Six, Ellie Goulding and Hadouken! Last month, and after the UK tour the band head straight out to the US to play the Belfast Rocks party at the SXSW Festival in Austin.
The Northern Irish trio spent 2009 on the road playing both headline shows, support tours with the likes of The Enemy and The Answer, performing at the CMJ in New York, festivals such as Download and Glastonbury and generally anywhere with a stage they could plug into!
They also signed to Infectious Music and released their first single ‘We Are The Foolish’ for them which was played on Radio 1, XFM, MTV 2 and NME TV. They played their biggest show at home in Ireland on Halloween when they headlined the 1300 capacity Ulster Hall in Belfast.
General Fiasco kicked off 2010 by playing the first ever MTV presents show in Belfast on the 13th January confirming this year will be just as busy.
Live:
8 March MANCHESTER, Sound Control
10 March LONDON, Islington O2 Bar Academy
11 March SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners
13 March BIRMINGHAM, O2 Academy 3
15 March GLASGOW, King Tuts
17 March AUSTIN US, Latitude 30 – SXSW Festival
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