Turin Brakes will release ‘Stalker’ on September 10th, the first single to be taken from their new album, ‘Dark On Fire’. ‘Stalker’ showcases a revitalised Turin Brakes (Olly Knights & Gale Paridjanian), with the duo's trademark lilt, but the deft melodies and dark, pin-sharp lyrics now come spliced to electric guitars, bare wires and a hefty swagger. A tough, clanging guitar riff underpins a strangely sinister lyric which deals with creepy obsession. "Every single thing you say/I'll record, I'll replay", the pair sing in the chorus, a reminder that we live in an era when surveillance techniques are such that it has never been more tempting to play the role of a stalker. The song has been added to XFM’s Upfront List seven weeks upfront and has already received a play from BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary.‘Stalker’ is taken from the band’s fourth album, ‘Dark On Fire’. It follows an eighteen-month period which Turin Brakes spent writing, then road-testing new material, resulting in them entering the studio in Spring 2007 to work with highly respected producer Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne and Ryan Adams, amongst others). Recording for the first time with their on-the-road band, the duo have captured the tensile beauty that has always run like a thread of steel through their songs.
Following the band’s recent storming performance to a packed tent at Latitude Festival, they have announced their first full UK tour in almost two years. The tour will take in 13 dates across the UK:
Autumn Tour: Sep 24 Falmouth Pavilions 25 Exeter Phoenix 26 Bristol Bierkeller 28 Glasgow Oran Mor 29 Edinburgh Liquid Rooms 30 Cambridge Junction Oct 2 Manchester University 3 Birmingham Academy 4 Sheffield Leadmill 7 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 8 Norwich Waterfront 9 Oxford Academy 11 London Forum