Young Legionnaire Announce Debut Headline London Show & Tickets
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Young Legionnaire are set to play their inaugural London headline show to celebrate the release of their debut album ‘Crisis Works’ at the Barfly, London on May 5th.
In addition to the headline show, the band are playing a raft of gigs in the UK prior to album release including performances alongside DFA1979, Pulled Apart by Horses, appearances at Live at Leeds, Liverpool Sound City, Sheffield Tramlines and the Camden Crawl. Following that, they will be playing shows across Europe.
Proceeding the release of 'Crisis Works', a new single, 'Numbers' will be available digitally on 2nd May, followed by the released of their debut album, 'Crisis Works', on 9th May worldwide (10th May in the US) on CD, 12” and digitally.
You can view the video for 'Numbers' below: here:
Young Legionnaire initially started following a chance meeting between Paul and Gordon during the recording sessions for the 'Print Is Dead' album in 2006, where Gordon guested on the track ‘Wait a Minute’ with Paul and the rest of YCNI:M. Some more meetings and conversations followed, eventually leading to their first rehearsals together as a band in 2009. Now joined by full time drummer Dean Pearson, 2011 will see the fruits of their labour.
The album is about noise, volume, being heavy and being loud, as Gordon puts it; “(We wanted) To make a big, juddering noise but weave a trail of melody through it”. He goes on; “Even though the format of guitar, bass, drums and vocal is established, is nothing ground-breaking, the possibilities are endless. There's always another riff to write, a heavier sound to find. And we're looking for the magic in the gaps between the riffs too. There's a tenderness to it, a fragility almost, that we stumbled upon, and I'm inspired by that, to discover that. The record is about the brutal, the fragile and the possible.”
UK TOUR DATES:
April:
28 - Brighton – Jam w/ Pulled Apart by Horses / 30th - Leeds - Live at Leeds
May:
01 - London - Camden Crawl
04 - London - The Forum – w/ DFA1979
05 - London – Barfly
20 - Liverpool - Sound City
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