Glasgow post-rock quarter VASA are pleased to announce a run of UK/EU tour dates for April 2017 with friends Poly-Math and Fall of Messiah, including dates in Belgium, France and Luxembourg.
Commenting on the news, the band say: "This tour kind of came out of nowhere. The guys in Poly-Math had briefly mentioned them touring with Fall of Messiah when we were on a mini-tour with them late last year and then they invited us along for the ride. We're great pals with both bands so this makes sense and it is a great opportunity for all of us to lay waste to some venues across the mainland."
The band recently released their new single ‘Burst Open’, the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album Colours, which is available now via bandcamp or through the Holy Roar Records online store.
After defying genre-constraints for the past few years, the quartet have now coined their own phrase and are calling their own particular blend of noodling, upbeat rock music “groovegaze”.
Already picking up support from The iNewspaper, Vic Galloway at BBC Scotland, Goldflakepaint, PROG Magazine, Arctic Drones, Punktastic and more, the new single is a timely reminder of just how fresh and vital a Scottish voice VASA are providing on the national circuit.
Recorded with Tom Peters (guitarist of Alpha Male Tea Party) at The Grand Studio in Clitheroe, ‘Burst Open’ is a continuation of their unrelentingly upbeat and joyful approach to the occasionally tawdry world of post-rock. Riotous and celebratory, Vasa are the kind of band that consistently remind us that this whole music lark is meant to be fun, right?
As with all of the best VASA material, on the two new tracks their chiming guitars and frantic rhythmic changes take on a familiar Celtic lilt as they dance and weave joyously together on this gem of a record that feels like a real celebration of both their heritage and the future of instrumental music.
‘Burst Open’ is out now
April 2017 Tour Dates:
- 21.04.17 – London – Birthdays (UK)
- 22.04.17 – Leeds – Strangeforms – Wharf Chambers (UK)
- 23.04.17 – Portsmouth – You Died Fest – The Festing (UK)
- 24.04.17 – Zottegem –DHQ! (Belgium)
- 25.04.17 – Lokeren – TBC (Belgium)
- 26.04.17 – Nancy – La Machine (France)
- 27.04.17 – Strasbourg – Le Diamant d’Or (France)
- 28.04.17 – Luxembourg – Rocas (Luxembourg)
- 29.04.17 – Kortrijk – Pit’s (Belgium)