After a whirlwind summer that included a euphoric T In The Park homecoming set in front of a packed Pet Sounds tent (a set which included a marriage proposal!) and their largest headline tour to date, Scottish 5-piece The Dykeenies return with new single ‘Stitches’ on 10th September.
Scotland have well and truly taken the band to heart the last single brought widespread coverage including a host of features in The Daily Record and a Scotland on Sunday front cover and now with ‘Stitches’ The Dykeenies are ready to infiltrate the mainstream. Produced by Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild), ‘Stitches’ is an anthemic and uplifting look back to the band’s childhoods and its epic declaration of, ‘Still I adore the taste of rain, and the bounce of bone on ground’, is already prone to sparking mass sing-a-longs during the live shows. It will steal your heart and refuse to leave your head.’Stitches’ will be accompanied by a UK tour and London residency shortly to be announced, and will be available on CD, 7 picture disc, 7 coloured vinyl and download. The Dykeenies are Brian Henderson (vocals & keys), Alan Henderson (guitar), Andrew Henderson (bass), Steven Ramsay (guitar) and John Kerr (drums)Live: t 18-Sep Exeter Cavern w 19-Sep London Water Rats t 20-Sep Bristol Louisiana f 21-Sep Tunbridge Wells The Forum s 22-Sep Brighton Barfly s 23-Sep Nottingham Rock City (Basement) m 24-Sep Liverpool Barfly w 26-Sep Stoke Sugarmill t 27-Sep Glasgow QMU f 28-Sep Aberdeen Moshulu s 29-Sep Newcastle Digital s 30-Sep Leeds The Cockpit m 01-Oct Cardiff Barfly t 02-Oct London Water Rats