Guards, one of the stand-out acts at Coachella and this year's Great Escape in Brighton, have announced that they are the main support for MGMT on their October tour. A live show that takes the blueprint of their debut album, ‘In Guards We Trust’, and sends it stratospheric, they’ll be the perfect touring companions to the New York psych-juggernauts.
Before that Guards ready another reverb-heavy, fuzz-pop tune from their acclaimed debut album. New single, I Know It's You is released on 8 July 2013 through Partisan Records.
You might be aware of Guards’ protagonists already. RichieFollin is the guitarist in indie-pop band Cults. While on tour, Follin and Cults drummer Loren Humphrey (who Follin worked with in garage-rock band the Willowz) spent much of their downtime writing songs and getting ideas down onto tape. The resulting demos, with Follin on lead vocals, sounded fresh and exciting, and thus Guards were born. The band became a very real prospect when LA friend, Kaylie Church, joined on keyboards and vocals.
The innate understanding that Follin and Humphrey have built through years of practice and global touring together is unmistakable, and the addition Kaylie Church’s restrained vocal presence acts as a huge weapon in Guards’ arsenal throughout the record.
Debut album ‘In Guards We Trust’ is out now via Partisan.
Sat October 12th 2013 - GLASGOW O2 ABC Glasgow
Sun October 13th 2013 - WOLVERHAMPTON Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Mon October 14th 2013 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo Manchester
Wed October 16th 2013 - LONDON The Forum
Thu October 17th 2013 - LONDON The Forum
Sat October 19th 2013 - DUBLIN Olympia Theatre
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