White Arrows Announce Six-Night London Residency & Tickets
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Following the release of their debut EP earlier this summer Los Angeles’ five-piece White Arrows are set to make their British live debut and release their first single, ‘Get Gone’. It is a groove-soaked, synth’-laden slice of what’s to come, on the band’s RAC produced debut album, scheduled for release in 2012.
A fusion of heavyweight melodic hooks, hip hop drum samples and analogue synths - the White Arrows sound is a potent brew cooked up by singer Mickey Church, Steven Vernet (bass) Andrew Naeve (electronics), Mickey’s younger brother Henry Church (drums) and half-brother, John Paul Caballero (guitar).
Church, the elder, is no stranger to the odd herbal infusion, born blind Mickey Church spent his first years railing against his fate and through an extensive program of eye exercises and superhuman determination regained his vision at the age of eleven. This transformation led to a degree at NYU in Ritualistic Shamanism. Church’s obsession with the alternative drew him to the booming NYC club scene: the cultural and philosophical blend was the prime ingredient in the formation of White Arrows.
Church returned to his native LA and there, together with the newly formed band, White Arrows have spent the intervening time perfecting their art. A heavy weight touring schedule around the States has meant the band have performed with Cults, White Denim, The Airborne Toxic Event, and Portugal the Man among others. As well as honing their liv prowess White Arrows have also been busy in the studio, not just recording their own album but also remixing for Local Natives and White Arrows own “brilliant new” remix of Alexander Ebert’s (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes) track Truth which featured on NME.com.
Their British live debut in late September will see the band more gig-fit than ever. It is bracketed by a mammoth Stateside touring schedule that sees shows with Those Darlins and Weezer during August and then on the return from the UK, a 16 date run with Naked and Famous throughout October.
White Arrows will be playing a six night London residency as their UK live premiere… on the seventh night, they might take a rest!
Sept 25th – Borderline, London
Sept 26th - The Bull & Gate, Club Spangle, London
Sept 28th - Water Rats, Club Monto, London
Sept 29th - The Social, Chess Club, London
Sept 30th - The Barfly, Buried in Texas Carl Barat, London
October 2011
Oct 1st - The Nest, Lemonade/Cheap Thrills Party, London
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