FIRST SINGLE, “DEADBOLT,” DUE DIGITALLY OCTOBER 29TH AND ON 7″ VINYLNOVEMBER 29TH IN THE U.S.
“DEADBOLT” LYRIC VIDEO PREMIERS ONLINE TODAY
BAND ON THE ROAD WITH PALMA VIOLETS IN THE U.S. AND DEAP VALLY IN THE U.K. THIS FALL
October 8, 2013 – (Burbank, CA) – New York City’s very own SKATERS have announced that their upcoming debut album will be released by Warner Bros. Records on February 25, 2014 in the U.S. and February 24, 2014, in the U.K. The album’s first vinyl single is “Deadbolt,” and will be released digitally on Oct 29th, and pressed on glorious 7″ vinyl and available for sale on Black Friday / Record Store Day, Nov 29th. The single has already been released in the U.K. (its first public broadcast was Oct 2nd on the ultra-cool Huw Stephens’ BBC Radio show) where the band are quickly amassing an ardent following.
A brand new lyric video has been created for “Deadbolt,” andwill premiere on PureVolume.Combeginning today. The clip was directed by Bill Richards and can be viewed here
Beginning tomorrow, NME.Com in the U.K. will premiere the song. Go to http://www.nme.com/
To hear the track.
What the U.K. press has been saying:
“We present to you SKATERS – the best band to emerge from Manhattan since…great writing and an incessantly creative arrangement. Gloriously inventive grooves, wonderfully nonchalant vocal and constantly engaging composition. SKATERS have got that vintage lo-fi pop sound down to a tee so what are you waiting for?” – ThisFeeling.Com (UK)
“Like the Beach Boys, who famously didn’t surf (Dennis Wilson excepted), SKATERS don’t skate… [songs] reeking of subways and steam hissing from backstreet vents with a clattering urgency . It’s the end of the world as we know it … and SKATERS feel fine.” – The Guardian (UK daily)
Back home in the USA, the media know what’s up:
“New York band SKATERS want to be your new party soundtrack. Wait, scratch that – this band doesn’t want to deliver the late-night anthems only to you. They want to serve ’em up to your friends, your little brother, and pretty much everyone you know.” These guys are well on their way to cementing their place on the sweaty dark dance floors everywhere.” – NylonMag.Com
“There’s no covering up their romantically ragged edges” — The New York Times
The domestic tour w/ Palma Violets begins tomorrow. Dates are as follows:
10/08 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
10/09 New York, NY Webster Hall
10/14 Seattle, WA Neumos
10/15 Vancouver, BC Venue
10/16 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
10/18 Berkley, CA UC Berkley/ ASUC Superb 10 Esheleman Hall #4500
10/19 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater
On Oct 14, the “Deadbolt” video will make its worldwide debut via NME.Com in the U.K. Shortly thereafter, SKATERS will tour overseas w/ Deap Vally. Those dates are:
10/29 Sheffield The Leadmill
10/30 Oxford Oxford Academy 2
11/01 Brighton Concorde2
11/02 Bristol Trinity Centre
11/04 Nottingham Rock City Basement
11/05 Manchester Club Academy
11/07 Birmingham Birmingham Academy 2
11/08 Leeds The Wardrobe
11/10 Newcastle Warehouse 34
11/11 Edinburgh Liquid Room
11/12 Glasgow Oran Mor
11/14 London Electric Ballroom
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