More Than Conquerors Announce UK Tour & New 'Boots & Bones' EP
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
More Than Conquerors formed in early 2009 and rapidly found community acclaim in their native Belfast; the quartet’s charms also won them fans in acts such as: Jimmy Eat World, Feeder, Twin Atlantic, General Fiasco, Fighting With Wire and Mojo Fury – shaping a super-tight live show and garnering an enthusiastic, sing-a-long fanbase.
Signing to Northern Irish indie Smalltown America (And So I Watch You From Afar, LaFaro, Jetplane Landing) in early 2010, the band released their debut EP ‘More Than Conquerors’ to an expectant audience.
Drawing comparisons to a spunky, early Arctics and the aggressive, cerebral pop of Philadelphia’s mewithoutYou; the record’s sweeping choruses and angular rhythms gained ‘MTC’ recognition within the BBC Introducing platform and on BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘Across The Line’ radio show - surprising many with their Rapture-style punk-funk and leading to a main-stage appearance at Northern Irish festival Glasgowbury in the summer of 2011.
New EP ‘Boots & Bones’ is released on 7th November and draws from that same well of inspiration but also broadens the band’s sonic palette. There are audible elements of their much-missed hometown heroes Six Star Hotel on tracks such as ‘A Lion A Man’ and on standout track ‘Hunting For The Whale’ lead singer Kris Platt simultaneously channels the vocal purity of Lindsey Buckingham and the lyrical whimsy of Midlake’s Tim Smith.
Check out the video for 'A Lion, A Man' below.
The band undertake their first headline UK run in November 2011 on a mission to turn many more heads.
Oct 20th - Glasgow, Bar Bloc
Oct 22nd - Newcastle, Trillian's
Oct 23rd - Manchester , Bar Central
Oct 26th - Leicester, The Shed
Oct 28th - Derby, The Old Bell
Oct 30th - Oxford, The Wheatsheaf
November 2011
Nov 1st - Brixton, Windmill
Nov 2nd - Brighton, The Hydrant
Nov 3rd - Southampton, Guava
Nov 4th - Blackburn, Live Lounge
Nov 5th - Liverpool, Zanzibar
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